Theresa Girl
How popular is Theresa?
#1,548 girl name in 2025
136 baby girls were named Theresa in the US in 2025, making it the 1548th most popular girl name.
Theresa popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,548 for girls (▼ 56 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 136 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-35% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,193 in 2015, #1,398 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1961 (11,960 girls) |
| Highest rank | #32 in 1956 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Theresa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Theresa family of names ranked #1,258 for girls in 2025 (#1,215 the year before), with 141 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Theresa | 136 | 96% |
| Thereza | 5 | 4% |
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 Theresa is most popular
Babies named Theresa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 0.6 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.2 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.1 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (56 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 girls)
Theresa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,505 | #101 |
| 1890s | 4,730 | #100 |
| 1900s | 6,396 | #94 |
| 1910s | 18,348 | #93 |
| 1920s | 36,666 | #49 |
| 1930s | 32,785 | #50 |
| 1940s | 35,789 | #62 |
| 1950s | 89,608 | #32 |
| 1960s | 97,118 | #35 |
| 1970s | 40,076 | #53 |
| 1980s | 22,389 | #99 |
| 1990s | 10,591 | #196 |
| 2000s | 4,555 | #418 |
| 2010s | 2,198 | #919 |
| 2020s | 859 | #1,398 |
Girl names about as popular as Theresa
Questions
- Is Theresa a boy or girl name?
- Theresa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Theresa were girls.
- How popular is the name Theresa?
- 136 baby girls were named Theresa in the US in 2025, making it the 1548th most popular girl name.
- When was Theresa most popular?
- Theresa peaked in 1961, when 11,960 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #32 in 1956.
- How many people are named Theresa?
- 405,831 babies have been named Theresa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 271,509 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 64.
- Where is Theresa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Theresa was most common in Alaska, at 0.6 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.