Resa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Resa

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,046 babies named Resa between 1920 and 2013, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Resa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 49 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Resa performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 310 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Resa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Resa in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Resa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,046 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.