Teresita

Where Teresita comes from

From Spanish Teresita, from Teresa + -ita.
— Wiktionary's entry for Teresita
  • Spanish
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1891
    First appearance
    #1,332 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1962
    Peak, #1,230
    80 babies named Teresita — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,349.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Spanish.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.