Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Terra

Gender

Female

Origin

Latin
Earth
The planet earth; In mythology, Terra is the Roman earth goddess equivalent to the Greek Gaia.

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Green
  • Nature

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Terra

Pronunciation

t(er)-ra

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1984 (rank #6311, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1980 (rank #379, 604 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2410, 74 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–74
2024–70
2023–90
2022–87
2021–79
2020–81
2019–86
2018–81
2017–88
2016–97

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #5890, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
20243
2023–
20223
20213
2020–
2019–
2018–
20173
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1979 (rank #183, 19 births); most recent 1993 (rank #573, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence