Girls' name · since 1953
Tersa
Tersa has 222 recorded births since 1953 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1969 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,777 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 222
- born since 1953
- 1960s
- peak decade
Tersa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 222 have been recorded since 1953.
Tersa has 222 recorded births among girls since 1953, 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 1953 to 1982.
- #18,777 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 222 born since 1953
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tersa ranks #18,777 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 222 born since 1953, peaking in the 1960s.
- #18,777 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 222
- born since 1953
- 1960s
- peak decade
Tersa's 222 recorded births place it above 74.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tersa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tersa's SSA record in two at 1967 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1969 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tersa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1982
- Peak year (1969)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Tersa by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (116 births, 52% of the file).
1960s was Tersa's strongest decade.
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Tersa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 32
1950s
32 births
- 1960s
1960s
116 births
- 1970s
1970s
69 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 116 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Tersa's decade-level peak was the 1960s (116 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- 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 Tersa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1969)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1953–1982 (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 Tersa 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.