Teresha — girls' name
150 babies named Teresha in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Teresha was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Teresha in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Teresha
The Social Security Administration has registered 150 babies named Teresha between 1953 and 1996, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Teresha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Teresha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Teresha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Teresha 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 150 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.
Teresha at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Teresha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1953
- Peak year (1985)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
150 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 11 births in a single year.
Teresha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 57 births that decade — 38% of Teresha's all-time total
Teresha decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Teresha's strongest decade
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% 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, 1953–1996 (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.