Spellings
Terrance or Terrence?
In the US in 2025, 41% of babies in this name family were spelled Terrance and 41% Terrence. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Terrance already led in 2015, with 50% of the family's births; it has 41% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 757 to 263 births (−65%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terrance | 377 | 109 | −71% |
| Terrence | 279 | 107 | −62% |
| Terence | 101 | 47 | −53% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈtɛrəns/ (TAIR-uns). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Terrence 5 births and Terence 10 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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