Therese — #2213 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Therese

The Social Security Administration has registered 35,507 babies named Therese between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Therese currently holds the #2213 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 1,211 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Therese performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 9,333 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Therese shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 4,223 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Therese in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Therese 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 35,507 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.