Teresita
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births
- Peak · girls
- 1962 · 80 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,376since 1891
Teresita over time
Rank among girls' names. Teresita has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 |
| 2021 | #6,967 | 16 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 |
| 2009 | #5,378 | 26 |
| 2008 | #5,013 | 29 |
| 2007 | #6,323 | 21 |
| 2006 | #4,165 | 35 |
| 2005 | #3,730 | 39 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 |
| 2003 | #4,109 | 32 |
| 2002 | #4,071 | 31 |
| 2001 | #3,864 | 33 |
| 2000 | #3,886 | 32 |
| 1999 | #3,569 | 34 |
| 1998 | #4,366 | 25 |
| 1997 | #3,224 | 36 |
| 1996 | #3,149 | 37 |
| 1995 | #2,932 | 40 |
| 1994 | #2,661 | 46 |
| 1993 | #2,990 | 39 |
| 1992 | #2,576 | 48 |
| 1991 | #3,369 | 32 |
| 1990 | #2,523 | 47 |
| 1989 | #2,714 | 41 |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 |
| 1987 | #2,915 | 33 |
| 1986 | #3,277 | 27 |
| 1985 | #2,601 | 37 |
| 1984 | #2,730 | 33 |
| 1983 | #2,236 | 43 |
| 1982 | #2,082 | 49 |
| 1981 | #2,563 | 36 |
| 1980 | #2,189 | 46 |
| 1979 | #2,218 | 44 |
| 1978 | #1,841 | 54 |
| 1977 | #1,952 | 50 |
| 1976 | #1,619 | 61 |
| 1975 | #1,571 | 63 |
| 1974 | #1,733 | 52 |
| 1973 | #2,349 | 32 |
| 1972 | #1,698 | 52 |
| 1971 | #1,665 | 55 |
| 1970 | #1,474 | 68 |
| 1969 | #1,453 | 65 |
| 1968 | #1,539 | 55 |
| 1967 | #1,382 | 63 |
| 1966 | #1,515 | 54 |
| 1965 | #1,323 | 68 |
| 1964 | #1,254 | 77 |
| 1963 | #1,340 | 68 |
| 1962 | #1,230 | 80 |
| 1961 | #1,533 | 54 |
| 1960 | #1,354 | 66 |
| 1959 | #1,585 | 47 |
| 1958 | #1,791 | 37 |
| 1957 | #1,842 | 35 |
| 1956 | #1,897 | 32 |
| 1955 | #1,361 | 54 |
| 1954 | #1,677 | 37 |
| 1953 | #1,318 | 54 |
| 1952 | #1,611 | 36 |
| 1951 | #2,064 | 23 |
| 1950 | #1,653 | 32 |
| 1949 | #1,627 | 33 |
| 1948 | #1,598 | 34 |
| 1947 | #1,633 | 34 |
| 1946 | #1,919 | 23 |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 |
| 1944 | #1,742 | 23 |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 |
| 1942 | #1,981 | 19 |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1933 | #1,606 | 22 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 |
| 1931 | #2,024 | 16 |
| 1930 | #1,875 | 19 |
| 1929 | #1,555 | 25 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 |
| 1926 | #2,474 | 14 |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 |
| 1916 | — | |
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| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | — | |
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| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 |
| 1903 | — | |
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| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
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| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Teresita! It came in at #1,332, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Teresita is popular in 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Florida#459 · 1 in 3,400
- California#914 · 1 in 10,252
- Texas#1,268 · 1 in 17,363
- New York#1,443 · 1 in 23,567
Best ever in a state: #107 in New Mexico, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Florida | #459 | 14 | 1 in 3,400 |
| California | #914 | 16 | 1 in 10,252 |
| Texas | #1,268 | 6 | 1 in 17,363 |
| New York | #1,443 | 6 | 1 in 23,567 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Teresita
- 1,490 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #9,457)
- 2,828 spots since 2020 (#6,629 → #9,457)
- 1,409 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #9,457)
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1962 at #1,230 (80 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 23,141 girls born in 1975 were named Teresita (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,230 in 1962, was only 1 in 24,583 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 19.3% of all girls named Teresita (650) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 15 | #1,332 (1891) | #1,458 |
| 1900s | 13 | #1,486 (1904) | #1,674 |
| 1910s | 25 | #2,360 (1912) | #3,795 |
| 1920s | 112 | #1,555 (1929) | #2,939 |
| 1930s | 164 | #1,606 (1933) | #2,018 |
| 1940s | 223 | #1,598 (1948) | #1,997 |
| 1950s | 387 | #1,318 (1953) | #1,680 |
| 1960s | 650 | #1,230 (1962) | #1,392 |
| 1970s | 531 | #1,474 (1970) | #1,812 |
| 1980s | 371 | #2,082 (1982) | #2,689 |
| 1990s | 384 | #2,523 (1990) | #3,136 |
| 2000s | 301 | #3,730 (2005) | #4,592 |
| 2010s | 117 | #7,436 (2011) | #9,747 |
| 2020s | 83 | #6,629 (2020) | #7,832 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Teresita in 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 25,708 of them was named Teresita, which outranked 84.2% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,464Starr69
- #1,464Tari69
- #1,464Tonda69
- #1,474Teresita68
- #1,474Alena68
- #1,474Aliza68
- #1,474Anglea68
- #1,490Aundrea67
- #1,490Fern67
- #1,490George67
Tied with 15 names at #1,474; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.