Girls' name · since 1947
Terissa
239 babies named Terissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,051 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 239
- born since 1947
- 1990s
- peak decade
239 girls have been named Terissa since 1947, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Terissa has been recorded 239 times among girls since 1947, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 2011.
- #18,051 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 239 born since 1947
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Terissa ranks #18,051 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 239 born since 1947, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,051 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 239
- born since 1947
- 1990s
- peak decade
Terissa's 239 recorded births place it above 75.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Terissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Terissa's full recorded timeline at 1983, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1947, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Terissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–2011
- Peak year (1993)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Terissa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (71 births, 30% of the file).
1990s was Terissa's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Terissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 21
1950s
21 births
- 1960s
1960s
43 births
- 1970s
1970s
38 births
- 1980s
1980s
39 births
- 1990s
1990s
71 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 71 births (30% of all-time use).
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What to do with Terissa's data
- Terissa's decade-level peak was the 1990s (71 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Terissa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~64 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, 1947–2011 (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 Terissa 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.