Boy
Terry
As a boy's name, Terry traces back to Old German, where it is understood to mean "Ruler of the people, from Theodoric". It had its heyday in the 1950s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is a well-known pick in the registry. The name's best year yet was 1955.
GermanicDiminutive of Terence or Theresa
Old GermanRuler of the people, from Theodoric
Also spelled: Terri
Births by decade
1900s
239
1910s
1,039
1920s
2,820
1930s
12,954
1940s
90,652
1950s
183,857
1960s
129,096
1970s
48,213
1980s
26,111
1990s
13,788
2000s
6,910
2010s
3,561
Peaked in the 1950s · 519,240 total U.S. births since 1900