Terresa
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099
- Peak · girls
- 1962 · 73 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,571since 1944
Terresa over time
Rank among girls' names. Terresa 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.
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| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
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| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
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| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
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| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 |
| 1979 | #3,333 | 24 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 |
| 1976 | #2,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 |
| 1974 | #2,616 | 28 |
| 1973 | #2,309 | 33 |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 |
| 1971 | #1,857 | 47 |
| 1970 | #1,637 | 57 |
| 1969 | #1,635 | 54 |
| 1968 | #1,539 | 55 |
| 1967 | #1,598 | 50 |
| 1966 | #1,448 | 58 |
| 1965 | #1,595 | 49 |
| 1964 | #1,349 | 69 |
| 1963 | #1,403 | 63 |
| 1962 | #1,292 | 73 |
| 1961 | #1,319 | 71 |
| 1960 | #1,294 | 72 |
| 1959 | #1,516 | 51 |
| 1958 | #1,469 | 53 |
| 1957 | #1,344 | 62 |
| 1956 | #1,378 | 57 |
| 1955 | #1,774 | 35 |
| 1954 | #1,560 | 42 |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 |
| 1952 | #1,820 | 30 |
| 1951 | #1,921 | 26 |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 |
| 1949 | #2,212 | 20 |
| 1948 | #2,070 | 22 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Terresa! It came in at #4,054, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1990, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Terresa is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#612 · 1 in 8,629
- Texas#963 · 1 in 14,353
- California#1,114 · 1 in 22,346
Best ever in a state: #427 in Oklahoma, 1960.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #612 | 6 | 1 in 8,629 |
| Texas | #963 | 8 | 1 in 14,353 |
| California | #1,114 | 7 | 1 in 22,346 |
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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 Terresa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2004
- Debuted 1944
- Peaked 1962 at #1,292 (73 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 26,940 girls born in 1962 were named Terresa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 367,250 girls born in 2004 (0.00%)
- 39.1% of all girls named Terresa (614) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1940s | 73 | #2,070 (1948) | #3,236 |
| 1950s | 406 | #1,344 (1957) | #1,682 |
| 1960s | 614 | #1,292 (1962) | #1,447 |
| 1970s | 295 | #1,637 (1970) | #2,949 |
| 1980s | 129 | #4,344 (1981) | #5,667 |
| 1990s | 44 | #7,574 (1996) | #10,690 |
| 2000s | 10 | #15,031 (2000) | #15,565 |
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.
Terresa in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 35,223 of them was named Terresa, which outranked 80.0% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,365Selina58
- #1,365Siobhan58
- #1,365Wonda58
- #1,378Terresa57
- #1,378Arline57
- #1,378Becki57
- #1,378Candie57
- #1,398Alethea56
- #1,398Charline56
- #1,398Cindee56
Tied with 19 names at #1,378; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.