Quick answers about Tera
How many people are named Tera?
An estimated 8,903 living Americans are named Tera.
How rare is Tera?
Tera fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Tera?
The median age of a living American named Tera is approximately 44 years, with most bearers falling between 38 and 51 years old.
Is Tera still popular?
Not especially. Tera has been declining since its 1984 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Tera most common?
Tera has its strongest geographic signal in Arkansas, where it appears 2.9× more often than the national baseline.
1885Peak 19842025
Where it lives now
Tera is most concentrated in Arkansas — about 2.9× the national rate in the 1980s. It also runs high in Oklahoma and Oregon.
States where Tera is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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