Tressa — #15256 US girls' name
7,027 babies named Tressa in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 14% of names given to girls today.
21% of everyone ever named Tressa was born in this single decade.
193 babies were named Tressa in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tressa
The Social Security Administration has registered 7,027 babies named Tressa between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tressa currently holds the #15256 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 193 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tressa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,450 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Tressa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 298 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Tressa in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tressa 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 7,027 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.
Tressa at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Tressa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1971)
- 193
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #15256 among girls.
7,027 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 193 births in a single year.
Tressa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 1,450 births that decade — 21% of Tressa's all-time total
Tressa decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,450 births
- Runner-up 1,034 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tressa's strongest decade
1,450 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Tressa by state
Where Tressa concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 298 | 4.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 296 | 4.2% |
| #3 | California | | 254 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 239 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 153 | 2.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 126 | 1.8% |
| #7 | New York | | 95 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 80 | 1.1% |
298 of 7,027 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 4.2% of nationwide
- Texas 4.2% of nationwide
- California 3.6% of nationwide
- Michigan 3.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 31 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 4.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Tressa appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.