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How popular is the name Terence?
Births per year, rank history and how many Terences are alive today.
Terence (male), once a common boys' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 22 in 2025, ranked 1276th. The name peaked in 1944, when around 4,100 babies were given the name, the 18th most popular that year. It has declined since 1944; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 130,000 babies have been named Terence in England and Wales since 1924. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Common short forms of Terence include Terry.
The Terence you are most likely to meet is around 80 years old. Half of all Terences born in England and Wales are between 63 and 81, and there are at least 84,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 24% chance that at least one of them will be called Terence.
How many babies are named Terence each year?
Where does Terence rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Terence most popular?
Terence peaked in 1944, when around 4,100 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Terence?
At least 84,000 people named Terence born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Terence?
Most living Terences are between 63 and 81; the most common age is about 80.
Is Terence becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1944 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.