Terressa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Terressa

The Social Security Administration has registered 401 babies named Terressa between 1921 and 1994, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Terressa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Terressa performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Terressa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Terressa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Terressa 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 401 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.