Meaning not yet researched.
Teresa: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 291 in 2025. Its best rank was #18 in 1963.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #18 in 1963; #911 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Teresa in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#911 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1963, at #18.
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Teresa: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 291 girls in 2025. Peak: #18 in 1963 · most girls in one year: 18,909 (1961).
In 2025, 291 US girls were named Teresa, making it the 911th most common girls’ name of the year, down 47 places from #864 in 2024. That is 23 fewer than the 314 girls named Teresa in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #18, reached in 1963. The most girls given the name in a single year was 18,909, in 1961. For comparison, it was #668 in 2015 and #81 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Teresa in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 50 babies with the name. In all, 417,209 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 152,204 babies named Teresa.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,485 US girls were named Teresa; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 437. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,523 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Teresa ranked highest in Illinois in 2025, at #511 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Theresa (405,831 babies since 1880), Therese (35,595 babies since 1880), Tera (9,918 babies since 1880) and Terese (6,503 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Theressa, Theresia and Terisa are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Terry, Tess, Tessa and Tessie.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, Italian, Polish and Spanish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Theressa (2,145), Theresia (2,016), Terisa (1,030), Tereza (797), Terressa (401), Terasa (367), Therisa (352), Thereasa (345), Terrisa (287), Terissa (239), Therasa (136), Tyresa (79), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 31 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 20 | #511 | #482 |
| Iowa | 5 | #673 | — |
| Massachusetts | 8 | #678 | #566 |
| Texas | 43 | #712 | #619 |
| Florida | 22 | #766 | #939 |
| Missouri | 7 | #805 | #938 |
| Arizona | 8 | #810 | #775 |
| California | 37 | #813 | #480 |
| South Carolina | 5 | #905 | — |
| Washington | 7 | #906 | #1,098 |
| Georgia | 11 | #908 | #726 |
| Michigan | 8 | #953 | #997 |
| Tennessee | 7 | #970 | — |
| Maryland | 5 | #983 | #449 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | #1,004 | #710 |
| Virginia | 7 | #1,028 | #721 |
| New York | 13 | #1,159 | #753 |
| New Jersey | 6 | #1,159 | #1,164 |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,426 | #595 |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,679 | #1,266 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 291 | #911 | — | — |
| 2024 | 314 | #864 | — | — |
| 2023 | 322 | #843 | — | — |
| 2022 | 320 | #868 | — | — |
| 2021 | 342 | #815 | — | — |
| 2020 | 366 | #747 | — | — |
| 2019 | 349 | #796 | — | — |
| 2018 | 347 | #791 | — | — |
| 2017 | 397 | #723 | — | — |
| 2016 | 437 | #670 | — | — |
| 2015 | 429 | #668 | — | — |
| 2014 | 391 | #718 | — | — |
| 2013 | 437 | #650 | — | — |
| 2012 | 472 | #607 | — | — |
| 2011 | 544 | #535 | — | — |
| 2010 | 412 | #694 | — | — |
| 2009 | 453 | #654 | — | — |
| 2008 | 534 | #579 | — | — |
| 2007 | 563 | #547 | — | — |
| 2006 | 566 | #533 | — | — |
| 2005 | 672 | #453 | — | — |
| 2004 | 747 | #409 | — | — |
| 2003 | 704 | #428 | — | — |
| 2002 | 787 | #376 | — | — |
| 2001 | 830 | #357 | — | — |
| 2000 | 899 | #344 | — | — |
| 1999 | 975 | #319 | — | — |
| 1998 | 981 | #309 | — | — |
| 1997 | 1,077 | #270 | — | — |
| 1996 | 1,070 | #270 | — | — |
| 1995 | 1,044 | #263 | 10 | #5,876 |
| 1994 | 1,098 | #255 | — | — |
| 1993 | 1,233 | #226 | 5 | #10,006 |
| 1992 | 1,371 | #209 | 6 | #8,346 |
| 1991 | 1,490 | #202 | — | — |
| 1990 | 1,613 | #179 | 7 | #7,103 |
| 1989 | 1,534 | #184 | 12 | #4,495 |
| 1988 | 1,633 | #172 | 7 | #6,354 |
| 1987 | 1,781 | #154 | 12 | #3,934 |
| 1986 | 2,011 | #139 | 8 | #5,281 |
| 1985 | 2,210 | #132 | 12 | #3,779 |
| 1984 | 2,387 | #117 | 18 | #2,696 |
| 1983 | 2,702 | #103 | 14 | #3,212 |
| 1982 | 2,883 | #102 | 21 | #2,414 |
| 1981 | 3,121 | #97 | 15 | #3,016 |
| 1980 | 3,149 | #94 | 13 | #3,411 |
| 1979 | 3,481 | #87 | 11 | #3,792 |
| 1978 | 3,472 | #88 | 13 | #3,203 |
| 1977 | 3,654 | #79 | 17 | #2,650 |
| 1976 | 4,056 | #66 | 24 | #2,045 |
| 1975 | 4,640 | #61 | 19 | #2,355 |
| 1974 | 5,397 | #52 | 20 | #2,191 |
| 1973 | 5,986 | #45 | 22 | #1,976 |
| 1972 | 7,176 | #39 | 29 | #1,643 |
| 1971 | 8,563 | #34 | 41 | #1,327 |
| 1970 | 9,612 | #34 | 37 | #1,394 |
| 1969 | 10,357 | #32 | 37 | #1,322 |
| 1968 | 10,912 | #30 | 38 | #1,247 |
| 1967 | 12,272 | #28 | 33 | #1,337 |
| 1966 | 13,024 | #29 | 45 | #1,114 |
| 1965 | 14,578 | #24 | 43 | #1,160 |
| 1964 | 16,420 | #21 | 38 | #1,285 |
| 1963 | 17,965 | #18 | 52 | #1,067 |
| 1962 | 18,517 | #18 | 46 | #1,145 |
| 1961 | 18,909 | #18 | 40 | #1,259 |
| 1960 | 18,839 | #19 | 39 | #1,268 |
| 1959 | 17,400 | #24 | 39 | #1,262 |
| 1958 | 15,602 | #26 | 35 | #1,319 |
| 1957 | 15,687 | #24 | 33 | #1,385 |
| 1956 | 14,464 | #24 | 34 | #1,332 |
| 1955 | 13,126 | #26 | 25 | #1,570 |
| 1954 | 10,841 | #34 | 22 | #1,665 |
| 1953 | 8,932 | #42 | 19 | #1,827 |
| 1952 | 7,294 | #52 | 7 | #3,341 |
| 1951 | 6,213 | #63 | 11 | #2,488 |
| 1950 | 4,724 | #81 | 6 | #3,641 |
| 1949 | 4,328 | #82 | 7 | #3,270 |
| 1948 | 4,217 | #82 | 9 | #2,765 |
| 1947 | 2,809 | #121 | — | — |
| 1946 | 1,834 | #148 | 10 | #2,523 |
| 1945 | 1,339 | #171 | 7 | #2,971 |
| 1944 | 1,204 | #181 | — | — |
| 1943 | 1,194 | #186 | — | — |
| 1942 | 1,002 | #203 | — | — |
| 1941 | 716 | #241 | 7 | #3,107 |
| 1940 | 686 | #244 | 5 | #3,890 |
| 1939 | 649 | #245 | — | — |
| 1938 | 695 | #236 | 5 | #3,984 |
| 1937 | 661 | #242 | 7 | #3,146 |
| 1936 | 675 | #239 | — | — |
| 1935 | 715 | #234 | 9 | #2,696 |
| 1934 | 706 | #238 | — | — |
| 1933 | 753 | #223 | — | — |
| 1932 | 855 | #211 | 11 | #2,447 |
| 1931 | 947 | #192 | 5 | #4,269 |
| 1930 | 992 | #194 | 9 | #2,994 |
| 1929 | 1,021 | #192 | 9 | #2,956 |
| 1928 | 1,212 | #172 | 7 | #3,666 |
| 1927 | 1,211 | #174 | — | — |
| 1926 | 1,159 | #181 | 7 | #3,669 |
| 1925 | 955 | #206 | — | — |
| 1924 | 786 | #233 | 5 | #4,886 |
| 1923 | 724 | #243 | — | — |
| 1922 | 701 | #244 | 6 | #4,260 |
| 1921 | 738 | #245 | — | — |
| 1920 | 720 | #243 | — | — |
| 1919 | 706 | #240 | — | — |
| 1918 | 674 | #247 | — | — |
| 1917 | 673 | #241 | 5 | #4,514 |
| 1916 | 662 | #242 | — | — |
| 1915 | 686 | #229 | — | — |
| 1914 | 524 | #235 | — | — |
| 1913 | 424 | #236 | — | — |
| 1912 | 344 | #242 | — | — |
| 1911 | 281 | #233 | — | — |
| 1910 | 220 | #258 | — | — |
| 1909 | 215 | #241 | — | — |
| 1908 | 233 | #225 | — | — |
| 1907 | 191 | #249 | — | — |
| 1906 | 198 | #222 | — | — |
| 1905 | 178 | #238 | — | — |
| 1904 | 179 | #230 | — | — |
| 1903 | 174 | #229 | — | — |
| 1902 | 153 | #253 | — | — |
| 1901 | 164 | #225 | — | — |
| 1900 | 204 | #220 | — | — |
| 1899 | 162 | #217 | — | — |
| 1898 | 217 | #199 | — | — |
| 1897 | 159 | #215 | — | — |
| 1896 | 209 | #192 | — | — |
| 1895 | 167 | #209 | — | — |
| 1894 | 157 | #213 | — | — |
| 1893 | 132 | #229 | — | — |
| 1892 | 143 | #215 | — | — |
| 1891 | 131 | #204 | — | — |
| 1890 | 110 | #233 | — | — |
| 1889 | 113 | #218 | — | — |
| 1888 | 111 | #219 | — | — |
| 1887 | 107 | #196 | — | — |
| 1886 | 84 | #218 | — | — |
| 1885 | 66 | #251 | — | — |
| 1884 | 78 | #213 | — | — |
| 1883 | 64 | #226 | — | — |
| 1882 | 50 | #245 | — | — |
| 1881 | 46 | #234 | — | — |
| 1880 | 50 | #218 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).