Tarence
Masculine · “from the Roman name Terentius”
Tarence is Terence written with an a, the way many Americans pronounce the first vowel. It keeps the name of an ancient Roman playwright in an American spelling.
How old is the name Tarence?
Tarence first appears in US birth records in 1962 — 63 years ago. The typical Tarence alive today was born around 1984, making them about 41 years old. About 500 people named Tarence are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tarence most popular?
Tarence peaked in 1972, reaching #2243 nationally. See the whole 1972 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Terentius to Tarence
The story of Tarence
Terence came into English from the Roman playwright and later served the Irish as a stand-in for an Irish name. In much of American speech, the er before a vowel is said close to air, and some families wrote the name with an a. No record says who first chose the spelling, and beyond it Tarence shares Terence's history.
Meaningscholars disagree
from the Roman name Terentius
Terence comes from the Roman family name Terentius, whose meaning is unknown. Tarence is a spelling of it.
How the name formed
- Terentius
- Terence
- Tarence
Related forms: Terence · Terentius
Pronouncing Tarence
TAIR-unce
Two syllables, stressed on the first.
Nicknames for Tarence
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1962
- Most boys named
- 198520 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2243reached in 1972
- Change vs 2010
- +16.7%7 in 2011, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Tarence in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Terence in English — spelling variant
- Terentius in Latin — related form
Tarences among us
people named Tarence are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Tarence sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It sounds like a classic name.
- Terry is a ready short form.
- People will write Terence or Terrance.
- There is no separate meaning to give beyond Terence's.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tarences are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Tarence are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tarence in 2025?
- Tarence is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Tarence with classmates?
- Tarence will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with T, all years combined.
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