Tressa
Tressa was given to 6 girls in 2025, #14,779 among girls’ names; 7,034 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,090 Americans named Tressa and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (72% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 33 and 58.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tressa by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Tressa?
#14,779 among girls’ names, 2025
Tressa fell from #5,639 in 2015 to #14,779 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 13.4 to 3.7 per million.
193 babies in 1971, the peak
Tressa peaked in 1971, when 193 girls were given it, #763 among girls’ names. The 6 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #14,779 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 5 | #17,485 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 8 | #12,099 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 8 | #12,151 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 6 | #15,099 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,926 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 20 | #6,159 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 9 | #11,361 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 12 | #9,301 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,947 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 24 | #5,639 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 17 | #7,280 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,527 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,589 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,346 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,399 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,563 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,444 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 35 | #4,373 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 48 | #3,409 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 53 | #3,046 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 53 | #2,989 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 48 | #3,124 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 57 | #2,703 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 72 | #2,254 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 75 | #2,152 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 56 | #2,561 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 64 | #2,238 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 68 | #2,095 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 79 | #1,860 | 0.05 |
| 1995 | 70 | #1,976 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 83 | #1,762 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 92 | #1,649 | 0.05 |
| 1992 | 79 | #1,824 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 80 | #1,799 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 95 | #1,589 | 0.05 |
| 1989 | 61 | #2,064 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 69 | #1,818 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 71 | #1,716 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 82 | #1,514 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 70 | #1,677 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 78 | #1,487 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 71 | #1,583 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 86 | #1,427 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 94 | #1,339 | 0.06 |
| 1980 | 93 | #1,362 | 0.06 |
| 1979 | 107 | #1,225 | 0.07 |
| 1978 | 118 | #1,114 | 0.08 |
| 1977 | 125 | #1,059 | 0.08 |
| 1976 | 117 | #1,054 | 0.08 |
| 1975 | 153 | #875 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 153 | #858 | 0.10 |
| 1973 | 148 | #873 | 0.10 |
| 1972 | 150 | #862 | 0.10 |
| 1971 | 193 | #763 | 0.12 |
| 1970 | 186 | #771 | 0.11 |
| 1969 | 177 | #762 | 0.10 |
| 1968 | 101 | #1,041 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 106 | #996 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 119 | #928 | 0.07 |
| 1965 | 97 | #1,069 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 104 | #1,072 | 0.05 |
| 1963 | 76 | #1,270 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 85 | #1,201 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 97 | #1,120 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 72 | #1,299 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 71 | #1,279 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 77 | #1,218 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 43 | #1,650 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 59 | #1,363 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 38 | #1,688 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,763 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,828 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 40 | #1,535 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 45 | #1,411 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,951 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,874 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 23 | #2,063 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,857 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,805 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,986 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,960 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 19 | #2,071 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 19 | #2,041 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,183 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,740 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,512 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,747 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,532 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,145 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,912 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,693 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,656 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,871 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,497 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 18 | #2,016 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,946 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,632 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 30 | #1,517 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 30 | #1,509 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 37 | #1,322 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,169 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 54 | #1,035 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 45 | #1,157 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 52 | #1,054 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 46 | #1,116 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 57 | #941 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 50 | #1,029 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 52 | #975 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 46 | #1,024 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 49 | #957 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 39 | #952 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 29 | #1,019 | 0.05 |
| 1912 | 27 | #999 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 21 | #980 | 0.05 |
| 1910 | 19 | #1,027 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 20 | #932 | 0.06 |
| 1908 | 32 | #696 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 26 | #748 | 0.08 |
| 1906 | 24 | #763 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 29 | #663 | 0.10 |
| 1904 | 18 | #876 | 0.07 |
| 1903 | 22 | #731 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 21 | #771 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 20 | #744 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 21 | #829 | 0.07 |
| 1899 | 21 | #701 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 22 | #716 | 0.09 |
| 1897 | 27 | #592 | 0.12 |
| 1896 | 33 | #526 | 0.14 |
| 1895 | 21 | #701 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 24 | #606 | 0.11 |
| 1893 | 15 | #790 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 22 | #615 | 0.10 |
| 1891 | 17 | #666 | 0.09 |
| 1890 | 17 | #665 | 0.09 |
| 1889 | 19 | #597 | 0.11 |
| 1888 | 15 | #686 | 0.08 |
| 1887 | 14 | #630 | 0.10 |
| 1886 | 8 | #890 | 0.06 |
| 1885 | 15 | #573 | 0.11 |
| 1884 | 10 | #726 | 0.08 |
| 1883 | 8 | #750 | 0.07 |
| 1882 | 10 | #632 | 0.09 |
| 1881 | 6 | #820 | 0.07 |
| 1880 | 7 | #733 | 0.08 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Tressa a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Tressa has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Tressa: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tressa, and how old are they?
5,090 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 72% of the 7,034 Americans ever recorded as Tressa. The median Tressa alive today is 49 years old; half are between 33 and 58.
The 2020 Census counted 4,848 people named Tressa (4,843 women and girls, 5 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,247 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 107 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 808 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,990 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,230 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 780 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 175 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Tressa born?
The states with the most babies named Tressa are Pennsylvania, Texas and California, with 39% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 298 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 296 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| California | 254 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 239 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 153 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 126 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| New York | 95 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Missouri | 80 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Louisiana | 67 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 56 | not ranked | 0.3× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Tressa with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 445,157 babies since 1880, Tressa is the second most given (1.6% of them). In 2025 it was given to 6 of their 307 babies (2.0%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Tressa
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Tressa and names like it
- Compare Tressa and TeresaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sTressa peaked in 1971.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Tressa since 1910.
- The top names of 1971The year the most babies were named Tressa.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Tressa alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with TMost given first.