Girls' name · since 1921
Terressa
Terressa has 401 recorded births since 1921 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1960 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,497 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 401
- born since 1921
- 1960s
- peak decade
Terressa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 401 have been recorded since 1921.
Terressa has 401 recorded births among girls since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 1994.
- #13,497 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 401 born since 1921
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Terressa ranks #13,497 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 401 born since 1921, peaking in the 1960s.
- #13,497 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 401
- born since 1921
- 1960s
- peak decade
Terressa's 401 recorded births place it above 81.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Terressa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Terressa splits its recorded history at 1967: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1921 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1960 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Terressa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1994
- Peak year (1960)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Terressa by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (144 births, 36% of the file).
1960s was Terressa's strongest decade.
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Terressa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s
1950s
93 births
- 1960s
1960s
144 births
- 1970s
1970s
94 births
- 1980s 43
1980s
43 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 144 births (36% of all-time use).
Terressa by state
Where Terressa concentrates geographically, total births since 1921
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 401 births nationwide.
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What to do with Terressa's data
- Terressa's decade-level peak was the 1960s (144 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Terressas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Terressa: 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 (~73 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, 1921–1994 (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 Terressa 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.