Tressie — #15261 US girls' name
5,355 babies named Tressie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1921. 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.
20% of everyone ever named Tressie was born in this single decade.
139 babies were named Tressie in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tressie
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,355 babies named Tressie between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tressie currently holds the #15261 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 139 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tressie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,055 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Tressie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 332 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Tressie in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tressie 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 5,355 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.
Tressie at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Tressie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1921)
- 139
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #15261 among girls.
5,355 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 139 births in a single year.
Tressie popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 1917 (Tressie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Tressie accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tressie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 1,055 births that decade — 20% of Tressie's all-time total
Tressie decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,055 births
- Runner-up 1,031 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Tressie's strongest decade
1,055 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Tressie by state
Where Tressie concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Arkansas | | 332 | 6.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 254 | 4.7% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 226 | 4.2% |
| #4 | West Virginia | | 223 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 215 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 206 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Kentucky | | 175 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Oklahoma | | 165 | 3.1% |
332 of 5,355 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Arkansas 6.2% of nationwide
- Texas 4.7% of nationwide
- Mississippi 4.2% of nationwide
- West Virginia 4.2% of nationwide
- Louisiana 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Arkansas accounts for 6.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Tressie appears in 19 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.