Taresa — girls' name
432 babies named Taresa in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Taresa was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Taresa in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Taresa
The Social Security Administration has registered 432 babies named Taresa between 1948 and 1993, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Taresa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Taresa performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 139 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Taresa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Taresa 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 432 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.
Taresa at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Taresa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1948
- Peak year (1970)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
432 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 22 births in a single year.
Taresa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 139 births that decade — 32% of Taresa's all-time total
Taresa decade highlights
- Peak decade 139 births
- Runner-up 139 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Taresa's strongest decade
139 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1948–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.