Theressa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Theressa

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,145 babies named Theressa between 1886 and 2008, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Theressa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Theressa performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 413 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Theressa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 59 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Theressa in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Theressa 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 2,145 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.