Terese
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #11,090
- Peak · girls
- 1955 · 256 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,503since 1889
Terese over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Terese has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 |
| 1996 | #4,883 | 20 |
| 1995 | #4,217 | 24 |
| 1994 | #4,687 | 21 |
| 1993 | #3,776 | 28 |
| 1992 | #3,091 | 37 |
| 1991 | #3,036 | 37 |
| 1990 | #3,022 | 37 |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 |
| 1988 | #2,931 | 35 |
| 1987 | #2,657 | 37 |
| 1986 | #2,300 | 44 |
| 1985 | #2,484 | 39 |
| 1984 | #1,657 | 66 |
| 1983 | #1,887 | 55 |
| 1982 | #1,900 | 56 |
| 1981 | #1,674 | 68 |
| 1980 | #1,583 | 73 |
| 1979 | #1,753 | 62 |
| 1978 | #2,050 | 46 |
| 1977 | #2,026 | 47 |
| 1976 | #1,523 | 67 |
| 1975 | #1,516 | 67 |
| 1974 | #1,598 | 59 |
| 1973 | #1,418 | 69 |
| 1972 | #1,337 | 75 |
| 1971 | #1,244 | 89 |
| 1970 | #1,060 | 115 |
| 1969 | #1,007 | 115 |
| 1968 | #1,008 | 106 |
| 1967 | #951 | 114 |
| 1966 | #841 | 141 |
| 1965 | #749 | 179 |
| 1964 | #733 | 201 |
| 1963 | #675 | 221 |
| 1962 | #661 | 236 |
| 1961 | #627 | 267 |
| 1960 | #651 | 242 |
| 1959 | #621 | 258 |
| 1958 | #657 | 228 |
| 1957 | #589 | 268 |
| 1956 | #589 | 257 |
| 1955 | #570 | 256 |
| 1954 | #592 | 233 |
| 1953 | #674 | 178 |
| 1952 | #708 | 158 |
| 1951 | #722 | 146 |
| 1950 | #895 | 98 |
| 1949 | #1,056 | 72 |
| 1948 | #1,144 | 61 |
| 1947 | #1,238 | 53 |
| 1946 | #1,337 | 42 |
| 1945 | #1,795 | 22 |
| 1944 | #1,486 | 30 |
| 1943 | #1,556 | 29 |
| 1942 | #1,981 | 19 |
| 1941 | #1,649 | 23 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 |
| 1937 | #1,493 | 25 |
| 1936 | #1,741 | 19 |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 |
| 1934 | #1,603 | 22 |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 |
| 1932 | #1,488 | 26 |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 |
| 1930 | #1,347 | 32 |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 |
| 1928 | #1,191 | 41 |
| 1927 | #1,278 | 38 |
| 1926 | #1,198 | 41 |
| 1925 | #1,409 | 33 |
| 1924 | #2,212 | 17 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 |
| 1922 | #2,291 | 16 |
| 1921 | #2,195 | 17 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 |
| 1915 | #1,964 | 16 |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 |
| 1913 | #1,528 | 15 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1889
The first year at least five girls were named Terese! It came in at #1,279, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1899, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Terese is popular in 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Wisconsin#339 · 1 in 3,232
- Minnesota#370 · 1 in 3,670
- Illinois#514 · 1 in 5,176
- Maryland#516 · 1 in 5,469
- Michigan#546 · 1 in 6,684
Best ever in a state: #209 in Minnesota, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #339 | 11 | 1 in 3,232 |
| Minnesota | #370 | 8 | 1 in 3,670 |
| Illinois | #514 | 17 | 1 in 5,176 |
| Maryland | #516 | 5 | 1 in 5,469 |
| Michigan | #546 | 11 | 1 in 6,684 |
| New Jersey | #599 | 7 | 1 in 7,371 |
| Ohio | #662 | 9 | 1 in 9,465 |
| New York | #674 | 18 | 1 in 8,102 |
| California | #1,163 | 9 | 1 in 17,083 |
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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 Terese
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 173 spots in 1951 (#895 → #722)
- Biggest drop: 110 spots in 1967 (#841 → #951)
Rise & fade · girls
66 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1955 at #570 (256 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1950–1967
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,560
- Highest: 1 in 7,560 girls born in 1961 were named Terese (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 202,069 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #570 in 1955, was only 1 in 7,638 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 32.0% of all girls named Terese (2,080) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,279 (1889) | #1,279 |
| 1890s | 15 | #1,338 (1890) | #1,509 |
| 1900s | 39 | #1,384 (1907) | #1,651 |
| 1910s | 115 | #1,385 (1914) | #2,273 |
| 1920s | 248 | #1,191 (1928) | #1,911 |
| 1930s | 226 | #1,347 (1930) | #1,626 |
| 1940s | 364 | #1,056 (1949) | #1,554 |
| 1950s | 2,080 | #570 (1955) | #662 |
| 1960s | 1,822 | #627 (1961) | #790 |
| 1970s | 696 | #1,060 (1970) | #1,553 |
| 1980s | 496 | #1,583 (1980) | #2,319 |
| 1990s | 263 | #3,022 (1990) | #4,444 |
| 2000s | 108 | #5,937 (2000) | #10,216 |
| 2010s | 18 | #12,876 (2016) | #14,461 |
| 2020s | 8 | #11,090 (2020) | #11,090 |
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.
Terese in 1966
girls
#841
141 births · 1 in 12,001 girls
Top girls' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 12,001 of them was named Terese, which outranked 89.0% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).