Therese
#2,298 for girls in 2025, 79 births · Last seen for boys in 1931 at #3,763
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1927 · 841 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 35,590since 1880
Therese over time
Rank among girls' names. Therese has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,298 | 79 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,178 | 87 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,494 | 71 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,579 | 68 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,069 | 53 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,966 | 54 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,451 | 45 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,557 | 68 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,713 | 63 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,366 | 79 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,773 | 63 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,469 | 73 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,267 | 49 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,213 | 51 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,407 | 47 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,589 | 70 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,485 | 76 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,419 | 79 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,597 | 71 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,512 | 73 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,057 | 91 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,229 | 79 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,346 | 71 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,853 | 96 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,573 | 118 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,855 | 92 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,621 | 103 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,675 | 95 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,616 | 98 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,864 | 78 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,466 | 109 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,476 | 107 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,426 | 113 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,370 | 121 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,420 | 113 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,364 | 116 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,199 | 135 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,345 | 106 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,123 | 133 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,203 | 116 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,002 | 152 | — | |
| 1984 | #950 | 153 | — | |
| 1983 | #950 | 155 | — | |
| 1982 | #919 | 164 | — | |
| 1981 | #920 | 163 | — | |
| 1980 | #959 | 154 | — | |
| 1979 | #892 | 168 | — | |
| 1978 | #976 | 142 | — | |
| 1977 | #915 | 154 | — | |
| 1976 | #798 | 175 | — | |
| 1975 | #795 | 174 | — | |
| 1974 | #751 | 188 | — | |
| 1973 | #655 | 227 | — | |
| 1972 | #784 | 174 | — | |
| 1971 | #665 | 237 | — | |
| 1970 | #582 | 304 | — | |
| 1969 | #536 | 337 | — | |
| 1968 | #475 | 408 | — | |
| 1967 | #452 | 442 | — | |
| 1966 | #385 | 557 | — | |
| 1965 | #337 | 721 | — | |
| 1964 | #320 | 853 | — | |
| 1963 | #298 | 970 | — | |
| 1962 | #285 | 1,019 | — | |
| 1961 | #281 | 1,080 | — | |
| 1960 | #258 | 1,197 | — | |
| 1959 | #252 | 1,211 | — | |
| 1958 | #259 | 1,139 | — | |
| 1957 | #254 | 1,131 | — | |
| 1956 | #257 | 1,069 | — | |
| 1955 | #252 | 1,078 | — | |
| 1954 | #284 | 889 | — | |
| 1953 | #288 | 828 | — | |
| 1952 | #280 | 826 | — | |
| 1951 | #321 | 607 | — | |
| 1950 | #325 | 555 | — | |
| 1949 | #353 | 494 | — | |
| 1948 | #355 | 476 | — | |
| 1947 | #398 | 410 | — | |
| 1946 | #407 | 354 | — | |
| 1945 | #434 | 273 | — | |
| 1944 | #457 | 246 | — | |
| 1943 | #484 | 233 | — | |
| 1942 | #467 | 249 | — | |
| 1941 | #479 | 213 | — | |
| 1940 | #454 | 217 | — | |
| 1939 | #458 | 212 | — | |
| 1938 | #434 | 238 | — | |
| 1937 | #429 | 229 | — | |
| 1936 | #394 | 260 | — | |
| 1935 | #369 | 295 | — | |
| 1934 | #403 | 262 | — | |
| 1933 | #361 | 306 | — | |
| 1932 | #321 | 398 | — | |
| 1931 | #299 | 451 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #260 | 576 | — | |
| 1929 | #240 | 664 | — | |
| 1928 | #226 | 776 | — | |
| 1927 | #220 | 841 | — | |
| 1926 | #227 | 781 | — | |
| 1925 | #291 | 533 | — | |
| 1924 | #405 | 289 | — | |
| 1923 | #483 | 204 | — | |
| 1922 | #596 | 145 | — | |
| 1921 | #602 | 145 | — | |
| 1920 | #650 | 123 | — | |
| 1919 | #636 | 119 | — | |
| 1918 | #622 | 129 | — | |
| 1917 | #646 | 111 | — | |
| 1916 | #626 | 117 | — | |
| 1915 | #610 | 115 | — | |
| 1914 | #562 | 100 | — | |
| 1913 | #600 | 74 | — | |
| 1912 | #697 | 52 | — | |
| 1911 | #714 | 37 | — | |
| 1910 | #630 | 45 | — | |
| 1909 | #706 | 32 | — | |
| 1908 | #709 | 30 | — | |
| 1907 | #588 | 39 | — | |
| 1906 | #661 | 30 | — | |
| 1905 | #664 | 28 | — | |
| 1904 | #545 | 37 | — | |
| 1903 | #596 | 30 | — | |
| 1902 | #734 | 22 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 | — | |
| 1900 | #705 | 26 | — | |
| 1899 | #664 | 22 | — | |
| 1898 | #697 | 22 | — | |
| 1897 | #594 | 26 | — | |
| 1896 | #813 | 16 | — | |
| 1895 | #513 | 33 | — | |
| 1894 | #719 | 17 | — | |
| 1893 | #644 | 20 | — | |
| 1892 | #861 | 12 | — | |
| 1891 | #541 | 23 | — | |
| 1890 | #758 | 13 | — | |
| 1889 | #802 | 11 | — | |
| 1888 | #690 | 14 | — | |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | — | |
| 1886 | #572 | 15 | — | |
| 1885 | #608 | 13 | — | |
| 1884 | #614 | 12 | — | |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 | — | |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 | — | |
| 1880 | #518 | 11 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Therese was already there! It came in at #518, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1883, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Therese is popular in 1931
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Rhode Island#52 · 1 in 166
- Maine#87 · 1 in 354
- New Hampshire#93 · 1 in 366
- Massachusetts#97 · 1 in 516
- Vermont#117 · 1 in 515
Best ever in a state: #19 in New Hampshire, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #52 | 27 | 1 in 166 |
| Maine | #87 | 18 | 1 in 354 |
| New Hampshire | #93 | 8 | 1 in 366 |
| Massachusetts | #97 | 58 | 1 in 516 |
| Vermont | #117 | 5 | 1 in 515 |
| Connecticut | #135 | 13 | 1 in 797 |
| Illinois | #135 | 65 | 1 in 811 |
| Minnesota | #166 | 17 | 1 in 1,154 |
| New York | #186 | 66 | 1 in 1,373 |
| Wisconsin | #195 | 15 | 1 in 1,538 |
| New Jersey | #220 | 13 | 1 in 2,117 |
| Michigan | #226 | 21 | 1 in 1,834 |
| Pennsylvania | #238 | 33 | 1 in 2,343 |
| Iowa | #246 | 9 | 1 in 2,034 |
| Ohio | #248 | 20 | 1 in 2,359 |
| Indiana | #272 | 9 | 1 in 2,631 |
| Kansas | #325 | 5 | 1 in 2,808 |
| California | #347 | 11 | 1 in 3,191 |
| Louisiana | #459 | 5 | 1 in 4,044 |
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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 Therese
- 120 spots since 2024 (#2,178 → #2,298)
- 668 spots since 2020 (#2,966 → #2,298)
- 475 spots since 2015 (#2,773 → #2,298)
- Biggest jump: 493 spots in 1902 (#1,227 → #734)
- Biggest drop: 522 spots in 1901 (#705 → #1,227)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1927 at #220 (841 births)
- Births halved by 1932, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1902–1984
- Highest: 1 in 1,418 girls born in 1927 were named Therese (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,345 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.2% of all girls named Therese (9,333) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 102 | #518 (1880) | #707 |
| 1890s | 204 | #513 (1895) | #680 |
| 1900s | 282 | #545 (1904) | #714 |
| 1910s | 899 | #562 (1914) | #634 |
| 1920s | 4,501 | #220 (1927) | #394 |
| 1930s | 3,227 | #260 (1930) | #373 |
| 1940s | 3,165 | #353 (1949) | #429 |
| 1950s | 9,333 | #252 (1959) | #277 |
| 1960s | 7,584 | #258 (1960) | #363 |
| 1970s | 1,943 | #582 (1970) | #781 |
| 1980s | 1,431 | #919 (1982) | #1,057 |
| 1990s | 1,053 | #1,364 (1990) | #1,530 |
| 2000s | 846 | #1,573 (2001) | #2,193 |
| 2010s | 608 | #2,366 (2016) | #2,881 |
| 2020s | 412 | #2,178 (2024) | #2,597 |
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.
Therese in 1931
Top girls' names in 1931
Top boys' names in 1931
More about 1931
girls
1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 2,361 of them was named Therese, which outranked 94.0% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 207,933 of them was named Therese, which outranked 12.9% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 558 names at #3,763; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.