Resa
Last seen for girls in 2013 at #16,547
- Peak · girls
- 1957 · 47 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,046since 1920
Resa over time
Rank among girls' names. Resa has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
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| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | — | |
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| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 |
| 1971 | #2,665 | 27 |
| 1970 | #2,705 | 26 |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 |
| 1967 | #2,781 | 20 |
| 1966 | #2,058 | 32 |
| 1965 | #2,247 | 28 |
| 1964 | #2,530 | 24 |
| 1963 | #2,094 | 32 |
| 1962 | #1,607 | 49 |
| 1961 | #1,697 | 45 |
| 1960 | #1,617 | 48 |
| 1959 | #1,918 | 34 |
| 1958 | #1,630 | 43 |
| 1957 | #1,570 | 47 |
| 1956 | #1,871 | 33 |
| 1955 | #1,597 | 41 |
| 1954 | #2,240 | 23 |
| 1953 | #2,301 | 21 |
| 1952 | #2,502 | 18 |
| 1951 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 |
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| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 |
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| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 |
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| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Resa! It came in at #4,975, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1920–1941, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Resa is popular in 1957
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#880 · 1 in 11,544
Best ever in a state: #550 in Mississippi, 1962.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #880 | 10 | 1 in 11,544 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Resa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1957 at #1,570 (47 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 40,135 girls born in 1962 were named Resa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 350,949 girls born in 2013 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,570 in 1957, was only 1 in 43,507 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.6% of all girls named Resa (310) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 10 | #4,975 (1920) | #5,018 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 64 | #2,598 (1945) | #3,204 |
| 1950s | 290 | #1,570 (1957) | #2,130 |
| 1960s | 310 | #1,607 (1962) | #2,341 |
| 1970s | 171 | #2,665 (1971) | #4,144 |
| 1980s | 120 | #4,455 (1985) | #6,143 |
| 1990s | 54 | #8,079 (1995) | #11,340 |
| 2000s | 22 | #9,874 (2000) | #12,517 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,547 (2013) | #16,547 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Resa in 1957
Top girls' names in 1957
More about 1957
girls
2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 43,507 of them was named Resa, which outranked 77.6% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,550Michell48
- #1,550Sandee48
- #1,550Tessie48
- #1,570Resa47
- #1,570Albertha47
- #1,570Aretha47
- #1,570Cristi47
- #1,588Adelaide46
- #1,588Agatha46
- #1,588Alethea46
Tied with 17 names at #1,570; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.