Teressa
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 266 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,480since 1880
Teressa over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Teressa has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 |
| 2002 | #4,621 | 26 |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 |
| 1999 | #3,639 | 33 |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 |
| 1997 | #3,897 | 28 |
| 1996 | #2,849 | 42 |
| 1995 | #3,780 | 28 |
| 1994 | #3,168 | 36 |
| 1993 | #3,052 | 38 |
| 1992 | #2,548 | 49 |
| 1991 | #3,443 | 31 |
| 1990 | #3,436 | 31 |
| 1989 | #2,572 | 44 |
| 1988 | #2,646 | 40 |
| 1987 | #2,657 | 37 |
| 1986 | #2,384 | 42 |
| 1985 | #2,137 | 49 |
| 1984 | #2,227 | 44 |
| 1983 | #1,798 | 59 |
| 1982 | #1,786 | 61 |
| 1981 | #1,641 | 70 |
| 1980 | #1,749 | 63 |
| 1979 | #1,569 | 73 |
| 1978 | #1,434 | 80 |
| 1977 | #1,701 | 61 |
| 1976 | #1,343 | 80 |
| 1975 | #1,241 | 92 |
| 1974 | #1,143 | 101 |
| 1973 | #1,038 | 112 |
| 1972 | #904 | 138 |
| 1971 | #851 | 160 |
| 1970 | #775 | 183 |
| 1969 | #774 | 173 |
| 1968 | #691 | 196 |
| 1967 | #653 | 216 |
| 1966 | #686 | 202 |
| 1965 | #669 | 216 |
| 1964 | #662 | 238 |
| 1963 | #670 | 226 |
| 1962 | #638 | 250 |
| 1961 | #653 | 246 |
| 1960 | #617 | 266 |
| 1959 | #688 | 212 |
| 1958 | #666 | 220 |
| 1957 | #680 | 211 |
| 1956 | #711 | 182 |
| 1955 | #696 | 182 |
| 1954 | #773 | 147 |
| 1953 | #874 | 115 |
| 1952 | #1,008 | 87 |
| 1951 | #1,133 | 68 |
| 1950 | #1,234 | 56 |
| 1949 | #1,144 | 63 |
| 1948 | #1,223 | 55 |
| 1947 | #1,661 | 33 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 |
| 1945 | #1,795 | 22 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 |
| 1915 | #2,143 | 14 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Teressa was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1890, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Teressa is popular in 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- West Virginia#245 · 1 in 1,524
- South Carolina#253 · 1 in 1,451
- North Carolina#321 · 1 in 2,311
- Arkansas#346 · 1 in 2,166
- Mississippi#394 · 1 in 2,577
Best ever in a state: #215 in South Carolina, 1964.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #245 | 8 | 1 in 1,524 |
| South Carolina | #253 | 14 | 1 in 1,451 |
| North Carolina | #321 | 17 | 1 in 2,311 |
| Arkansas | #346 | 6 | 1 in 2,166 |
| Mississippi | #394 | 7 | 1 in 2,577 |
| Georgia | #423 | 11 | 1 in 3,423 |
| Oklahoma | #435 | 5 | 1 in 3,197 |
| Tennessee | #455 | 7 | 1 in 4,165 |
| Alabama | #467 | 7 | 1 in 3,729 |
| Virginia | #473 | 7 | 1 in 4,708 |
| Missouri | #592 | 5 | 1 in 6,577 |
| Ohio | #593 | 11 | 1 in 7,510 |
| Michigan | #724 | 7 | 1 in 9,922 |
| Texas | #741 | 13 | 1 in 7,225 |
| Florida | #782 | 5 | 1 in 8,449 |
| Illinois | #878 | 7 | 1 in 11,953 |
| Pennsylvania | #883 | 5 | 1 in 16,844 |
| California | #1,337 | 8 | 1 in 19,225 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 351 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #14,942)
- 1,489 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #14,942)
- 460 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #14,942)
- Biggest jump: 134 spots in 1953 (#1,008 → #874)
- Biggest drop: 134 spots in 1973 (#904 → #1,038)
Rise & fade · girls
80 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1960 at #617 (266 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1953–1972
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,601
- Highest: 1 in 7,601 girls born in 1960 were named Teressa (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 34.4% of all girls named Teressa (2,229) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #836 (1880) | #836 |
| 1890s | 15 | #1,093 (1891) | #1,178 |
| 1900s | 20 | #1,289 (1907) | #1,763 |
| 1910s | 95 | #1,792 (1911) | #2,600 |
| 1920s | 123 | #1,957 (1922) | #2,860 |
| 1930s | 97 | #2,340 (1938) | #2,937 |
| 1940s | 254 | #1,144 (1949) | #2,105 |
| 1950s | 1,480 | #666 (1958) | #846 |
| 1960s | 2,229 | #617 (1960) | #671 |
| 1970s | 1,080 | #775 (1970) | #1,200 |
| 1980s | 509 | #1,641 (1981) | #2,160 |
| 1990s | 345 | #2,548 (1992) | #3,373 |
| 2000s | 168 | #4,621 (2002) | #7,616 |
| 2010s | 44 | #10,451 (2010) | #13,037 |
| 2020s | 16 | #13,453 (2020) | #14,563 |
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.
Teressa in 1968
girls
#691
196 births · 1 in 8,369 girls
Top girls' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 8,369 of them was named Teressa, which outranked 91.6% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).