Tressie
Tressie was given to 5 girls in 2025, #17,066 among girls’ names; 5,366 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,540 Americans named Tressie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (29% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 44 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tressie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Tressie?
#17,066 among girls’ names, 2025
Tressie fell from #16,265 in 2015 to #17,066 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 3.4 to 3.1 per million.
142 babies in 1917, the peak
Tressie peaked in 1917, when 142 babies were given it (136 girls, #585 among girls’ names). The 5 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #17,066 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 5 | #17,486 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 8 | #12,052 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 6 | #15,406 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 5 | #17,936 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 5 | #18,235 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 6 | #16,265 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 6 | #16,366 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 10 | #11,184 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 8 | #13,600 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (139)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 9 | #12,509 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 8 | #13,838 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 13 | #9,240 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 9 | #11,763 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,846 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 9 | #11,265 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 8 | #12,120 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 10 | #10,058 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 6 | #14,904 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 10 | #9,424 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 14 | #7,077 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,706 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,543 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,664 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 11 | #8,092 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 5 | #15,659 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 7 | #11,660 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,932 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 15 | #6,117 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,527 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,585 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,761 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,340 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,328 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 19 | #4,160 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,274 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,337 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,243 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,498 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,412 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,381 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,259 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 31 | #2,600 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,505 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,752 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 27 | #2,679 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 35 | #2,218 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 39 | #2,135 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 35 | #2,265 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 30 | #2,395 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,883 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,904 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 44 | #1,713 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 46 | #1,670 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 27 | #2,407 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 25 | #2,485 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,207 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 30 | #2,194 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 31 | #2,091 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,861 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 31 | #2,022 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 26 | #2,213 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 23 | #2,382 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 22 | #2,406 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,375 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 23 | #2,232 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,925 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,799 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,760 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,962 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 42 | #1,437 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 21 | #2,193 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,719 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,399 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 43 | #1,221 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 37 | #1,362 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 46 | #1,178 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 37 | #1,268 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 46 | #1,079 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 56 | #952 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 54 | #971 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 57 | #919 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 49 | #992 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 69 | #831 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 56 | #924 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 75 | #763 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 62 | #898 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 67 | #843 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 71 | #854 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 72 | #839 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 88 | #764 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 109 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1926 | 88 | #773 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 106 | #718 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 103 | #730 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 109 | #702 | 0.09 |
| 1922 | 130 | #646 | 0.11 |
| 1921 | 139 | #628 | 0.11 |
| 1920 | 111 | #694 | 0.09 |
| 1919 | 126 | #625 | 0.11 |
| 1918 | 114 | #670 | 0.10 |
| 1917 | 136 | #585 | 0.13 |
| 1916 | 137 | #574 | 0.13 |
| 1915 | 133 | #558 | 0.14 |
| 1914 | 78 | #659 | 0.10 |
| 1913 | 88 | #543 | 0.14 |
| 1912 | 77 | #558 | 0.14 |
| 1911 | 66 | #513 | 0.16 |
| 1910 | 76 | #460 | 0.19 |
| 1909 | 53 | #520 | 0.15 |
| 1908 | 46 | #556 | 0.14 |
| 1907 | 60 | #465 | 0.19 |
| 1906 | 51 | #483 | 0.17 |
| 1905 | 55 | #456 | 0.19 |
| 1904 | 51 | #462 | 0.19 |
| 1903 | 49 | #459 | 0.19 |
| 1902 | 56 | #415 | 0.21 |
| 1901 | 55 | #402 | 0.23 |
| 1900 | 53 | #467 | 0.18 |
| 1899 | 45 | #437 | 0.19 |
| 1898 | 41 | #484 | 0.16 |
| 1897 | 45 | #439 | 0.19 |
| 1896 | 25 | #632 | 0.11 |
| 1895 | 34 | #511 | 0.15 |
| 1894 | 34 | #492 | 0.15 |
| 1893 | 30 | #511 | 0.14 |
| 1892 | 20 | #664 | 0.09 |
| 1891 | 21 | #586 | 0.11 |
| 1890 | 18 | #641 | 0.09 |
| 1889 | 20 | #588 | 0.11 |
| 1888 | 17 | #633 | 0.10 |
| 1887 | 14 | #631 | 0.10 |
| 1886 | 19 | #526 | 0.13 |
| 1885 | 13 | #626 | 0.10 |
| 1884 | 10 | #727 | 0.08 |
| 1883 | 11 | #611 | 0.10 |
| 1882 | 13 | #528 | 0.12 |
| 1881 | 13 | #489 | 0.14 |
| 1880 | 6 | #828 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Tressie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Tressie has been given almost only to girls: 6 boys in 139 years of records.
Girls and boys named Tressie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tressie, and how old are they?
1,540 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 29% of the 5,366 Americans ever recorded as Tressie. The median Tressie alive today is 59 years old; half are between 44 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 1,570 people named Tressie (1,550 women and girls, 20 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,826 born in the U.S. The Census count is 14% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 260 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 395 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 463 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 233 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 135 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 46 |
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 Tressie born?
The states with the most babies named Tressie are Arkansas, Texas and Mississippi, with 38% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Arkansas and Mississippi are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 332 | not ranked | 4.5× |
| Texas | 254 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Mississippi | 226 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| West Virginia | 223 | not ranked | 3.2× |
| Louisiana | 215 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Alabama | 206 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Kentucky | 175 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Oklahoma | 165 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Georgia | 79 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Tennessee | 71 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Tressie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Tressie is most over-represented in Arkansas: since 1910 it was given 4.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
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 Tressie 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 7 names spelled alike, given to 13,619 babies since 1880, Tressie is the second most given (39% of them).
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 Tressie
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 Tressie and names like it
- Compare Tressie and TressaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sTressie peaked in 1917.
- Arkansas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Tressie since 1910.
- The top names of 1917The year the most babies were named Tressie.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Tressie alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with TMost given first.