Tess
#1,777 for girls in 2025, 113 births
- Peak · girls
- 1992 · 529 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,770since 1889
Tess over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Tess has never cracked the top 400 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 | #1,777 | 113 |
| 2024 | #1,753 | 115 |
| 2023 | #1,750 | 117 |
| 2022 | #1,885 | 107 |
| 2021 | #1,491 | 142 |
| 2020 | #1,276 | 175 |
| 2019 | #1,415 | 158 |
| 2018 | #1,292 | 176 |
| 2017 | #1,198 | 203 |
| 2016 | #1,158 | 217 |
| 2015 | #1,118 | 229 |
| 2014 | #1,089 | 235 |
| 2013 | #996 | 251 |
| 2012 | #988 | 255 |
| 2011 | #918 | 283 |
| 2010 | #808 | 338 |
| 2009 | #824 | 342 |
| 2008 | #866 | 322 |
| 2007 | #892 | 311 |
| 2006 | #730 | 385 |
| 2005 | #613 | 461 |
| 2004 | #646 | 424 |
| 2003 | #562 | 494 |
| 2002 | #614 | 417 |
| 2001 | #642 | 393 |
| 2000 | #549 | 475 |
| 1999 | #573 | 437 |
| 1998 | #570 | 430 |
| 1997 | #531 | 448 |
| 1996 | #567 | 409 |
| 1995 | #547 | 435 |
| 1994 | #522 | 478 |
| 1993 | #480 | 524 |
| 1992 | #465 | 529 |
| 1991 | #507 | 465 |
| 1990 | #574 | 404 |
| 1989 | #730 | 270 |
| 1988 | #923 | 183 |
| 1987 | #900 | 185 |
| 1986 | #854 | 194 |
| 1985 | #776 | 218 |
| 1984 | #750 | 216 |
| 1983 | #811 | 191 |
| 1982 | #1,074 | 133 |
| 1981 | #1,248 | 104 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 |
| 1976 | #2,210 | 38 |
| 1975 | #2,456 | 32 |
| 1974 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1973 | #2,019 | 40 |
| 1972 | #1,771 | 49 |
| 1971 | #1,336 | 80 |
| 1970 | #1,201 | 94 |
| 1969 | #1,162 | 92 |
| 1968 | #1,231 | 79 |
| 1967 | #1,598 | 50 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 |
| 1963 | #2,306 | 27 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 |
| 1960 | #2,512 | 23 |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 |
| 1925 | #1,891 | 21 |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 |
| 1922 | #2,291 | 16 |
| 1921 | #2,048 | 19 |
| 1920 | #2,015 | 19 |
| 1919 | #1,445 | 29 |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 |
| 1917 | #1,847 | 19 |
| 1916 | #1,533 | 24 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,057 | 13 |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,171 | 11 |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 |
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1889
The first year at least five girls were named Tess! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1894, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tess is popular in 1985
- 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
- New Hampshire#187 · 1 in 987
- Minnesota#375 · 1 in 3,171
- Colorado#444 · 1 in 3,137
- Missouri#567 · 1 in 5,364
- Ohio#567 · 1 in 5,758
Best ever in a state: #132 in Montana, 1992.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | #187 | 6 | 1 in 987 |
| Minnesota | #375 | 9 | 1 in 3,171 |
| Colorado | #444 | 7 | 1 in 3,137 |
| Missouri | #567 | 6 | 1 in 5,364 |
| Ohio | #567 | 12 | 1 in 5,758 |
| Illinois | #585 | 15 | 1 in 4,866 |
| Louisiana | #604 | 7 | 1 in 4,297 |
| Pennsylvania | #614 | 11 | 1 in 6,286 |
| Indiana | #656 | 5 | 1 in 6,808 |
| New York | #742 | 16 | 1 in 6,681 |
| Georgia | #803 | 5 | 1 in 7,419 |
| Michigan | #831 | 6 | 1 in 9,544 |
| California | #954 | 22 | 1 in 9,193 |
| Texas | #1,014 | 13 | 1 in 10,258 |
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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
Falling
- 24 spots since 2024 (#1,753 → #1,777)
- 501 spots since 2020 (#1,276 → #1,777)
- 659 spots since 2015 (#1,118 → #1,777)
- Biggest jump: 263 spots in 1983 (#1,074 → #811)
- Biggest drop: 162 spots in 2007 (#730 → #892)
Rise & fade · girls
103 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1992 at #465 (529 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1983–2013
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,452
- Highest: 1 in 3,452 girls born in 1993 were named Tess (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,224 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #465 in 1992, was only 1 in 3,486 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 30.9% of all girls named Tess (4,559) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #1,147 (1889) | #1,147 |
| 1890s | 38 | #1,094 (1897) | #1,275 |
| 1900s | 83 | #1,057 (1905) | #1,350 |
| 1910s | 155 | #1,445 (1919) | #1,856 |
| 1920s | 128 | #1,891 (1925) | #2,604 |
| 1930s | 37 | #3,109 (1933) | #3,860 |
| 1940s | 46 | #3,132 (1945) | #4,502 |
| 1950s | 89 | #2,839 (1955) | #4,102 |
| 1960s | 361 | #1,162 (1969) | #2,368 |
| 1970s | 423 | #1,201 (1970) | #2,511 |
| 1980s | 1,707 | #730 (1989) | #1,331 |
| 1990s | 4,559 | #465 (1992) | #534 |
| 2000s | 4,024 | #549 (2000) | #694 |
| 2010s | 2,345 | #808 (2010) | #1,098 |
| 2020s | 769 | #1,276 (2020) | #1,655 |
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.
Tess in 1985
girls
#776
218 births · 1 in 7,894 girls
Top girls' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 7,894 of them was named Tess, which outranked 93.8% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).