Terre
S'il suffisait d'aimer is the sixteenth studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion and her eleventh French-language release. Issued by Columbia Records and Epic Records on 31 August 1998, the album was written primarily by French singer-songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman and produced by Goldman with Erick Benzi.
Meaning & Origin of Terre
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
S'il suffisait d'aimer is the sixteenth studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion and her eleventh French-language release. Issued by Columbia Records and Epic Records on 31 August 1998, the album was written primarily by French singer-songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman and produced by Goldman with Erick Benzi.
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The Story of Terre
As a girl name
Terre first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1942, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1956, when 55 Terres were born — ranking #1,413 that year. As of 2026, Terre ranks #13,316 for girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 838 Terres have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Terre first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1944, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1955, when 10 Terres were born — ranking #2,559 that year. As of 2026, Terre ranks #7,282 for boys with 7 births, with steady use. In total, more than 99 Terres have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
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About the name Terre
Terre is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1942 and has accumulated 838 births in the dataset. Terre's peak popularity came in 1956 when it ranked #1,413. Use the chart and map above to compare Terre'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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