Girls' name · since 1960
Taressa
362 babies named Taressa in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,380 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 362
- born since 1960
- 1980s
- peak decade
Taressa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 362 recorded since 1960.
Social Security Administration records show Taressa recorded 362 times among girls since 1960, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2004.
- #14,380 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 362 born since 1960
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taressa ranks #14,380 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 362 born since 1960, peaking in the 1980s.
- #14,380 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 362
- born since 1960
- 1980s
- peak decade
Taressa's 362 recorded births place it above 80.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Taressa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Taressa splits its recorded history at 1983: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1962 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Taressa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2004
- Peak year (1979)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Taressa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (100 births, 28% of the file).
1980s was Taressa's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Taressa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
48 births
- 1970s
1970s
99 births
- 1980s
1980s
100 births
- 1990s
1990s
88 births
- 2000s 27
2000s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 100 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Taressa's decade-level peak was the 1980s (100 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Taressa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~44 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1960–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Taressa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.