Teresita — #7954 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Teresita

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,366 babies named Teresita between 1891 and 2024, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Teresita currently holds the #7954 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 80 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Teresita performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 650 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Teresita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 750 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Teresita in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Teresita 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 3,366 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.