Tereasa — girls' name
1,415 babies named Tereasa in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Tereasa was born in this single decade.
80 babies were named Tereasa in 1964 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tereasa
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,415 babies named Tereasa between 1946 and 2000, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tereasa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 80 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tereasa performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 539 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Tereasa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Tereasa in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tereasa 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 1,415 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.
Tereasa at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tereasa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1946
- Peak year (1964)
- 80
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
1,415 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1964 with 80 births in a single year.
Tereasa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 539 births that decade — 38% of Tereasa's all-time total
Tereasa decade highlights
- Peak decade 539 births
- Runner-up 376 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Tereasa's strongest decade
539 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Tereasa by state
Where Tereasa concentrates geographically — total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 39 | 2.8% |
| #2 | California | | 25 | 1.8% |
| #3 | Indiana | | 19 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Missouri | | 18 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Texas | | 18 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Florida | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 6 | 0.4% |
39 of 1,415 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 2.8% of nationwide
- California 1.8% of nationwide
- Indiana 1.3% of nationwide
- Missouri 1.3% of nationwide
- Texas 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 13 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 2.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Tereasa appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1946–2000 (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.