Girls' name · since 1880
Teressa
6,480 babies named Teressa in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,184 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,964 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,480
- born since 1880
- 1960s
- peak decade
Yes -- Teressa is the #14964 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 6,480 recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Teressa recorded 6,480 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #14964 nationally today, ahead of 13% of girls, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #2,184 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,964 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,480 born since 1880
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teressa ranks #2,184 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,964 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,480 born since 1880, peaking in the 1960s.
- #2,184 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,964 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,480
- born since 1880
- 1960s
- peak decade
Teressa's 6,480 recorded births place it above 96.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
30 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by North Carolina.
How Teressa compares
6,480 Top 12% higher than 88% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Teressa's all-time total is 17x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Teressa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,480 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 266 | 21 | 19,840 |
Teressa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Teressa's full recorded timeline at 1961, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1880, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1960 peak of 266 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Teressa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1960)
- 266
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Teressa by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (2,229 births, 34% of the file).
1960s was Teressa's strongest decade.
2,229 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Teressa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1890s 15
1890s
15 births
- 1900s 20
1900s
20 births
- 1910s 95
1910s
95 births
- 1920s 123
1920s
123 births
- 1930s 97
1930s
97 births
- 1940s 254
1940s
254 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,480 births
- 1960s
1960s
2,229 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,080 births
- 1980s 509
1980s
509 births
- 1990s 345
1990s
345 births
- 2000s 168
2000s
168 births
- 2010s 44
2010s
44 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 2,229 births (34% of all-time use).
How Teressa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Teressa's total volume
Teressa by state
Where Teressa concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 420 | 6.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 354 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 288 | 4.4% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 266 | 4.1% |
| #5 | California | | 239 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 216 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 208 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 181 | 2.8% |
420 of 6,480 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Teressa appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Teressa's data
- Teressa's decade-level peak was the 1960s (2,229 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Teressas (420 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Teressa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Teressa 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.