Teresa Girl
How popular is Teresa?
#908 girl name in 2025
291 baby girls were named Teresa in the US in 2025, making it the 908th most popular girl name.
Teresa popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #908 for girls (▼ 48 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 291 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-32% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #664 in 2015, #745 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1961 (18,909 girls) |
| Highest rank | #18 in 1961 (3 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Teresa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Teresa family of names ranked #803 for girls in 2025 (#767 the year before), with 302 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Teresa | 291 | 96% |
| Tereza | 6 | 2% |
| Teressa | 5 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Teresa is most popular
Babies named Teresa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Virginia: 0.3 per 1,000 (56 girls)
- Illinois: 0.3 per 1,000 (71 girls)
- Iowa: 0.3 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- California: 0.3 per 1,000 (237 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.3 per 1,000 (29 girls)
Teresa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 769 | #196 |
| 1890s | 1,587 | #192 |
| 1900s | 1,889 | #219 |
| 1910s | 5,194 | #229 |
| 1920s | 9,227 | #172 |
| 1930s | 7,648 | #191 |
| 1940s | 19,329 | #82 |
| 1950s | 114,283 | #24 |
| 1960s | 151,793 | #18 |
| 1970s | 56,037 | #34 |
| 1980s | 23,411 | #94 |
| 1990s | 11,952 | #179 |
| 2000s | 6,755 | #343 |
| 2010s | 4,215 | #533 |
| 2020s | 1,955 | #745 |
Girl names about as popular as Teresa
Questions
- Is Teresa a boy or girl name?
- Teresa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Teresa were girls.
- How popular is the name Teresa?
- 291 baby girls were named Teresa in the US in 2025, making it the 908th most popular girl name.
- When was Teresa most popular?
- Teresa peaked in 1961, when 18,909 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #18, held for 3 years starting in 1961.
- How many people are named Teresa?
- 417,209 babies have been named Teresa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 345,735 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 63.
- Where is Teresa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Teresa was most common in Virginia, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.