Girls' name · since 1880
Therese
Since 1880, U.S. Social Security records show 35,590 babies named Therese, peaking in 1959. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #736 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,300 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 35,590
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
35,590 babies have been named Therese since 1880, making it today's #2300 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Therese has been recorded 35,590 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #2300 nationally and more common than 87% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #736 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,300 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 35,590 born since 1880
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Therese ranks #736 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,300 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 35,590 born since 1880, peaking in the 1950s.
- #736 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,300 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 35,590
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Therese's 35,590 recorded births place it above 98.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
48 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Illinois.
How Therese compares
35,590 Top 5% higher than 95% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Therese's all-time total is 95x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Therese | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 35,590 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,211 | 21 | 19,840 |
Therese's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Therese's full recorded timeline at 1953, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1883, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1959 peak of 1,211 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Therese popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1959)
- 1,211
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Therese popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1931 (Therese as boys' name)
Therese by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (9,333 births, 26% of the file).
1950s was Therese's strongest decade.
9,333 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Therese births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 102
1880s
102 births
- 1890s 204
1890s
204 births
- 1900s 282
1900s
282 births
- 1910s 899
1910s
899 births
- 1920s
1920s
4,501 births
- 1930s 3,227
1930s
3,227 births
- 1940s 3,165
1940s
3,165 births
- 1950s
1950s
9,333 births
- 1960s
1960s
7,584 births
- 1970s 1,943
1970s
1,943 births
- 1980s 1,431
1980s
1,431 births
- 1990s 1,053
1990s
1,053 births
- 2000s 846
2000s
846 births
- 2010s 608
2010s
608 births
- 2020s 412
2020s
412 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 9,333 births (26% of all-time use).
How Therese compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Therese's total volume
Therese by state
Where Therese concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 4,223 | 11.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 3,566 | 10.0% |
| #3 | California | | 2,591 | 7.3% |
| #4 | Massachusetts | | 2,421 | 6.8% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 2,154 | 6.1% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 1,995 | 5.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 1,986 | 5.6% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 1,589 | 4.5% |
4,223 of 35,590 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Therese appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Therese's data
- Therese's decade-level peak was the 1950s (9,333 total births); usage has since declined to 412 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Thereses (4,223 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Therese: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1959)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Therese 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.