Tessie — #8924 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Tessie

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,973 babies named Tessie between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tessie currently holds the #8924 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 393 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tessie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 2,583 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Tessie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,516 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Tessie in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tessie 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 9,973 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.