Girls' name · since 1919
Therisa
352 babies named Therisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,593 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 352
- born since 1919
- 1960s
- peak decade
Therisa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 352 recorded since 1919.
Social Security Administration records show Therisa recorded 352 times among girls since 1919, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1993.
- #14,593 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 352 born since 1919
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Therisa ranks #14,593 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 352 born since 1919, peaking in the 1960s.
- #14,593 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 352
- born since 1919
- 1960s
- peak decade
Therisa's 352 recorded births place it above 79.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Therisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Therisa splits its recorded history at 1961: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1951 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1963 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Therisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1993
- Peak year (1963)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Therisa by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (134 births, 38% of the file).
1960s was Therisa's strongest decade.
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Therisa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 7
1910s
7 births
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1930s 7
1930s
7 births
- 1940s 26
1940s
26 births
- 1950s
1950s
104 births
- 1960s
1960s
134 births
- 1970s
1970s
56 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 134 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Therisa's decade-level peak was the 1960s (134 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Therisa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1963)
Similar record span (~74 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, 1919–1993 (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 Therisa 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.