Girls' name · since 1954
Tersea
Since 1954, U.S. Social Security records show 72 babies named Tersea, peaking in 1971. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,873 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 72
- born since 1954
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tersea sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 72 recorded since 1954.
Tersea has 72 recorded births among girls since 1954, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 1973.
- #30,873 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 72 born since 1954
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tersea ranks #30,873 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 72 born since 1954, peaking in the 1970s.
- #30,873 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 72
- born since 1954
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tersea's 72 recorded births place it above 57.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tersea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tersea splits its recorded history at 1968: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1954 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tersea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1973
- Peak year (1971)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Tersea by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (31 births, 43% of the file).
1970s was Tersea's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Tersea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s
1960s
30 births
- 1970s
1970s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 31 births (43% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tersea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1954–1973 (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 Tersea 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.