Recorded 1960–2022 Girls' name Peak 1968 199 births

Tessy — girls' name

199 babies named Tessy in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s591970s811980s321990s172000s52020s5
1970s
Peak decade

41% of everyone ever named Tessy was born in this single decade.

1968
Single peak year

13 babies were named Tessy in 1968 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tessy

The Social Security Administration has registered 199 babies named Tessy between 1960 and 2022, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tessy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tessy performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tessy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tessy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tessy 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 199 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.

Tessy at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

199

Since 1960

63 years of records

Peak year

1968

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1960

Recorded for 63 years

Last year on file: 2022

Tessy popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1960

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1968)
13
Annual births at peak — across 63 years of records
468101214 20221990198119771972196819621960 9

Tessy by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
81 births that decade — 41% of Tessy's all-time total
1960s591970s811980s321990s172000s52020s5

Tessy by state

Where Tessy concentrates geographically — total births since 1960

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Tessy
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
5 2.5%
New York share of Tessy's total US births 2.5%

5 of 199 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tessy?
199 babies have been named Tessy since 1960. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1968 with 13 births.
When was Tessy most popular?
Tessy was most popular in the 1970s decade with 81 total births. The single peak year was 1968.
Where is Tessy most popular?
The top states for the name Tessy are New York (5 births).
How long has the name Tessy been used?
Tessy has been recorded in Social Security data since 1960, spanning 63 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Tessy?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tessa, Tess, Tessie, Tesla, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1960–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.