Tere
Tere may refer to:Tere Garcia de Madero, Mexican politician Tere Gilbert, New Zealand early childhood educator and Māori language advocate Tere Glassie, Australian rugby league football player Tere Marichal, Puerto Rican actress and writer Tere O'Connor, American dancer, choreographer and educator Tere Pica (1945–2011), American professor Tere Ríos (1917–1999), American writer Abigail…
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Tere
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tere may refer to:Tere Garcia de Madero, Mexican politician Tere Gilbert, New Zealand early childhood educator and Māori language advocate Tere Glassie, Australian rugby league football player Tere Marichal, Puerto Rican actress and writer Tere O'Connor, American dancer, choreographer and educator Tere Pica (1945–2011), American professor Tere Ríos (1917–1999), American writer Abigail…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Tere
American parents first put Tere on the record books as a baby girl name in 1946, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1959, when 24 Teres were born — ranking #2,339 that year. The 1950s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 33% of all recorded Teres. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2011 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 385 Teres have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Tere
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Names that sound like Tere
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About the name Tere
Tere is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1946 and has accumulated 385 births in the dataset. Tere's peak popularity came in 1959 when it ranked #2,339. Use the chart and map above to compare Tere's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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