Teressa — #15268 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Teressa

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,475 babies named Teressa between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Teressa currently holds the #15268 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 266 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Teressa performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 2,229 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Teressa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 420 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Teressa in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Teressa 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 6,475 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.