Tressie
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1917 at #3,545
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1901 · 55 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,360since 1880
Tressie over time
Rank among girls' names. Tressie has never cracked the top 300 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 | #14,942 | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | — | |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | — | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | — | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,411 | 24 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,176 | 24 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,546 | 31 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,629 | 27 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,173 | 35 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,107 | 39 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,240 | 35 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,350 | 30 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,855 | 41 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,881 | 39 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,700 | 44 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,655 | 46 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,348 | 27 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,424 | 25 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,163 | 30 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,150 | 30 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,061 | 31 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,985 | 31 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,168 | 26 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,341 | 22 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,173 | 23 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,892 | 28 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,772 | 30 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,720 | 30 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,422 | 42 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,146 | 21 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,678 | 28 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,374 | 34 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,205 | 43 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,342 | 37 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,162 | 46 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,243 | 37 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,062 | 46 | — | |
| 1939 | #939 | 56 | — | |
| 1938 | #967 | 54 | — | |
| 1937 | #910 | 57 | — | |
| 1936 | #979 | 49 | — | |
| 1935 | #823 | 69 | — | |
| 1934 | #917 | 56 | — | |
| 1933 | #761 | 75 | — | |
| 1932 | #891 | 62 | — | |
| 1931 | #838 | 67 | — | |
| 1930 | #847 | 71 | — | |
| 1929 | #835 | 72 | — | |
| 1928 | #759 | 88 | — | |
| 1927 | #696 | 109 | — | |
| 1926 | #769 | 88 | — | |
| 1925 | #715 | 106 | — | |
| 1924 | #728 | 103 | — | |
| 1923 | #701 | 109 | — | |
| 1922 | #644 | 130 | — | |
| 1921 | #625 | 139 | — | |
| 1920 | #690 | 111 | — | |
| 1919 | #624 | 126 | — | |
| 1918 | #666 | 114 | — | |
| 1917 | #582 | 136 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #573 | 137 | — | |
| 1915 | #555 | 133 | — | |
| 1914 | #656 | 78 | — | |
| 1913 | #541 | 88 | — | |
| 1912 | #555 | 77 | — | |
| 1911 | #511 | 66 | — | |
| 1910 | #458 | 76 | — | |
| 1909 | #516 | 53 | — | |
| 1908 | #546 | 46 | — | |
| 1907 | #462 | 60 | — | |
| 1906 | #477 | 51 | — | |
| 1905 | #455 | 55 | — | |
| 1904 | #456 | 51 | — | |
| 1903 | #457 | 49 | — | |
| 1902 | #412 | 56 | — | |
| 1901 | #397 | 55 | — | |
| 1900 | #463 | 53 | — | |
| 1899 | #433 | 45 | — | |
| 1898 | #481 | 41 | — | |
| 1897 | #438 | 45 | — | |
| 1896 | #621 | 25 | — | |
| 1895 | #499 | 34 | — | |
| 1894 | #487 | 34 | — | |
| 1893 | #500 | 30 | — | |
| 1892 | #638 | 20 | — | |
| 1891 | #572 | 21 | — | |
| 1890 | #617 | 18 | — | |
| 1889 | #567 | 20 | — | |
| 1888 | #612 | 17 | — | |
| 1887 | #608 | 14 | — | |
| 1886 | #508 | 19 | — | |
| 1885 | #608 | 13 | — | |
| 1884 | #686 | 10 | — | |
| 1883 | #579 | 11 | — | |
| 1882 | #507 | 13 | — | |
| 1881 | #470 | 13 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Tressie was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2011–2013, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tressie is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#219 · 1 in 1,173
- Arkansas#221 · 1 in 1,125
- West Virginia#222 · 1 in 1,343
- Kentucky#292 · 1 in 2,251
- Oklahoma#342 · 1 in 2,476
Best ever in a state: #155 in West Virginia, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #219 | 15 | 1 in 1,173 |
| Arkansas | #221 | 16 | 1 in 1,125 |
| West Virginia | #222 | 12 | 1 in 1,343 |
| Kentucky | #292 | 11 | 1 in 2,251 |
| Oklahoma | #342 | 8 | 1 in 2,476 |
| Louisiana | #347 | 8 | 1 in 2,346 |
| Alabama | #390 | 7 | 1 in 3,553 |
| Texas | #406 | 18 | 1 in 2,626 |
| Tennessee | #424 | 6 | 1 in 4,063 |
| Missouri | #448 | 6 | 1 in 4,761 |
| Illinois | #601 | 5 | 1 in 11,646 |
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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 Tressie
- 351 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #14,942)
- 3,852 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #14,942)
- 460 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #14,942)
- Biggest jump: 268 spots in 1881 (#738 → #470)
- Biggest drop: 156 spots in 1934 (#761 → #917)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1901 at #397 (55 births)
- Births halved by 1947, 46 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1880–1939
- Highest: 1 in 4,352 girls born in 1901 were named Tressie (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.7% of all girls named Tressie (1,055) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 136 | #470 (1881) | #588 |
| 1890s | 313 | #433 (1899) | #529 |
| 1900s | 529 | #397 (1901) | #464 |
| 1910s | 1,031 | #458 (1910) | #572 |
| 1920s | 1,055 | #625 (1921) | #716 |
| 1930s | 616 | #761 (1933) | #887 |
| 1940s | 359 | #1,062 (1940) | #1,455 |
| 1950s | 253 | #1,720 (1950) | #2,143 |
| 1960s | 343 | #1,655 (1965) | #2,059 |
| 1970s | 278 | #2,107 (1971) | #2,847 |
| 1980s | 181 | #3,147 (1981) | #4,503 |
| 1990s | 119 | #5,439 (1995) | #7,840 |
| 2000s | 91 | #8,715 (2006) | #10,964 |
| 2010s | 38 | #10,451 (2010) | #14,146 |
| 2020s | 18 | #11,090 (2020) | #13,775 |
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.
Tressie in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 7,950 of them was named Tressie, which outranked 89.0% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 154,247 of them was named Tressie, which outranked 23.0% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,217Zachariah7
- #3,217Zane7
- #3,217Zygmont7
- #3,545Tressie6
- #3,545Ab6
- #3,545Acy6
- #3,545Adie6
- #3,981Abbie5
- #3,981Abelardo5
- #3,981Abran5
Tied with 435 names at #3,545; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.