Tesha
Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 95 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,804since 1963
Tesha over time
Rank among girls' names. Tesha 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
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| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 |
| 1994 | #3,790 | 28 |
| 1993 | #2,322 | 55 |
| 1992 | #2,869 | 41 |
| 1991 | #2,484 | 50 |
| 1990 | #3,022 | 37 |
| 1989 | #2,810 | 39 |
| 1988 | #2,330 | 47 |
| 1987 | #2,612 | 38 |
| 1986 | #2,779 | 34 |
| 1985 | #1,997 | 54 |
| 1984 | #2,081 | 48 |
| 1983 | #1,733 | 62 |
| 1982 | #1,445 | 83 |
| 1981 | #1,528 | 78 |
| 1980 | #1,460 | 83 |
| 1979 | #1,377 | 89 |
| 1978 | #1,281 | 95 |
| 1977 | #1,404 | 80 |
| 1976 | #1,499 | 69 |
| 1975 | #1,326 | 82 |
| 1974 | #1,334 | 79 |
| 1973 | #1,418 | 69 |
| 1972 | #1,456 | 66 |
| 1971 | #1,350 | 79 |
| 1970 | #1,584 | 60 |
| 1969 | #1,897 | 43 |
| 1968 | #2,205 | 30 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tesha! It came in at #6,592, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tesha is popular in 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#669 · 1 in 6,768
- New Jersey#759 · 1 in 7,522
- Michigan#922 · 1 in 11,404
- Illinois#1,137 · 1 in 13,943
- Texas#1,291 · 1 in 15,907
Best ever in a state: #401 in South Carolina, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #669 | 5 | 1 in 6,768 |
| New Jersey | #759 | 5 | 1 in 7,522 |
| Michigan | #922 | 5 | 1 in 11,404 |
| Illinois | #1,137 | 5 | 1 in 13,943 |
| Texas | #1,291 | 6 | 1 in 15,907 |
| New York | #1,551 | 5 | 1 in 20,630 |
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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 Tesha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1978 at #1,281 (95 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 16,125 girls born in 1978 were named Tesha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 384,523 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
- 42.6% of all girls named Tesha (768) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 124 | #1,897 (1969) | #3,780 |
| 1970s | 768 | #1,281 (1978) | #1,403 |
| 1980s | 566 | #1,445 (1982) | #2,078 |
| 1990s | 301 | #2,322 (1993) | #4,619 |
| 2000s | 45 | #6,808 (2000) | #13,419 |
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.
Tesha in 1974
Top girls' names in 1974
More about 1974
girls
1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 18,576 of them was named Tesha, which outranked 87.0% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,323Princess80
- #1,323Salena80
- #1,323Tenisha80
- #1,334Tesha79
- #1,334Brett79
- #1,334Cornelia79
- #1,334Deedee79
- #1,345Davida78
- #1,345Eboni78
- #1,345Fannie78
Tied with 10 names at #1,334; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.