Teresa — #867 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Teresa

The Social Security Administration has registered 415,746 babies named Teresa between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Teresa currently holds the #867 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 18,909 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Teresa performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 151,790 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Teresa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 41,316 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Teresa in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Teresa 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 415,746 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.