Theressa
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #13,832
- Peak · girls
- 1899 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,145since 1886
Theressa over time
Rank among girls' names. Theressa has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
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| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 |
| 1972 | #2,523 | 28 |
| 1971 | #2,874 | 24 |
| 1970 | #2,203 | 36 |
| 1969 | #2,171 | 34 |
| 1968 | #1,855 | 41 |
| 1967 | #1,947 | 36 |
| 1966 | #1,982 | 34 |
| 1965 | #1,950 | 35 |
| 1964 | #2,071 | 33 |
| 1963 | #1,580 | 51 |
| 1962 | #1,757 | 42 |
| 1961 | #1,435 | 60 |
| 1960 | #1,835 | 38 |
| 1959 | #1,478 | 53 |
| 1958 | #1,703 | 40 |
| 1957 | #1,507 | 50 |
| 1956 | #1,548 | 47 |
| 1955 | #1,498 | 46 |
| 1954 | #1,481 | 46 |
| 1953 | #1,648 | 36 |
| 1952 | #1,680 | 34 |
| 1951 | #1,665 | 33 |
| 1950 | #1,794 | 28 |
| 1949 | #1,767 | 29 |
| 1948 | #1,739 | 29 |
| 1947 | #2,045 | 23 |
| 1946 | #2,318 | 17 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 |
| 1943 | #1,900 | 21 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 |
| 1940 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,735 | 20 |
| 1936 | #1,593 | 22 |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 |
| 1934 | #1,651 | 21 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 |
| 1932 | #1,597 | 23 |
| 1931 | #1,635 | 22 |
| 1930 | #1,535 | 26 |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 |
| 1928 | #1,784 | 22 |
| 1927 | #2,095 | 18 |
| 1926 | #1,932 | 20 |
| 1925 | #1,443 | 32 |
| 1924 | #1,679 | 26 |
| 1923 | #1,556 | 28 |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 |
| 1921 | #1,577 | 28 |
| 1920 | #2,015 | 19 |
| 1919 | #1,527 | 27 |
| 1918 | #1,754 | 22 |
| 1917 | #1,507 | 25 |
| 1916 | #1,445 | 26 |
| 1915 | #1,622 | 21 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 |
| 1913 | #1,601 | 14 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Theressa! It came in at #1,108, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Theressa is popular in 1953
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#527 · 1 in 7,328
Best ever in a state: #420 in Michigan, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #527 | 7 | 1 in 7,328 |
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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 Theressa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Biggest jump: 396 spots in 1899 (#1,379 → #983)
- Biggest drop: 336 spots in 1900 (#983 → #1,319)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1899 at #983 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1899
- Highest: 1 in 21,184 girls born in 1899 were named Theressa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,134 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
- 19.3% of all girls named Theressa (413) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,108 (1886) | #1,108 |
| 1890s | 29 | #983 (1899) | #1,281 |
| 1900s | 70 | #1,152 (1909) | #1,374 |
| 1910s | 168 | #1,445 (1916) | #1,767 |
| 1920s | 229 | #1,443 (1925) | #1,814 |
| 1930s | 191 | #1,535 (1930) | #1,845 |
| 1940s | 197 | #1,739 (1948) | #2,091 |
| 1950s | 413 | #1,478 (1959) | #1,600 |
| 1960s | 404 | #1,435 (1961) | #1,858 |
| 1970s | 207 | #2,203 (1970) | #3,850 |
| 1980s | 118 | #3,806 (1983) | #6,204 |
| 1990s | 71 | #7,097 (1994) | #9,101 |
| 2000s | 43 | #9,482 (2002) | #12,866 |
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.
Theressa in 1953
Top girls' names in 1953
More about 1953
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1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 52,258 of them was named Theressa, which outranked 74.6% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,622Velia37
- #1,622Venus37
- #1,622Verlene37
- #1,648Theressa36
- #1,648Alyson36
- #1,648Bari36
- #1,648Belia36
- #1,671Adria35
- #1,671Andree35
- #1,671Anthony35
Tied with 22 names at #1,648; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.