Terez
Terez is a name with a single cultural origin: Hungarian.
- Hungarian
Meaning & Origin of Terez
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Terez is a name with a single cultural origin: Hungarian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hungarian
The Story of Terez
As a girl name
Terez first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1955, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1997: 10 births, good for #8,334 nationwide. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 27% of all recorded Terezs. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1997 (10 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 145 Terezs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Terez on the record books as a boy name in 1975, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1995, when 25 Terezs were born — ranking #2,847 that year. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 37% of all recorded Terezs. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 412 Terezs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Terez
Terez is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 412 births in the dataset. Terez's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #2,847. Use the chart and map above to compare Terez'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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