Terese

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #11,090

Peak · girls
1955 · 256 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,503
since 1889

Terese over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Terese has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #570, 1955girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020#11,0908
2019
2018#15,6825
2017
2016#12,8767
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011#14,8246
2010
2009#15,2426
2008#12,5798
2007#10,12911
2006#13,6067
2005#9,45211
2004#9,89210
2003#10,4259
2002#6,69816
2001#8,19612
2000#5,93718
1999#8,80510
1998#3,91429
1997#5,01020
1996#4,88320
1995#4,21724
1994#4,68721
1993#3,77628
1992#3,09137
1991#3,03637
1990#3,02237
1989#4,12123
1988#2,93135
1987#2,65737
1986#2,30044
1985#2,48439
1984#1,65766
1983#1,88755
1982#1,90056
1981#1,67468
1980#1,58373
1979#1,75362
1978#2,05046
1977#2,02647
1976#1,52367
1975#1,51667
1974#1,59859
1973#1,41869
1972#1,33775
1971#1,24489
1970#1,060115
1969#1,007115
1968#1,008106
1967#951114
1966#841141
1965#749179
1964#733201
1963#675221
1962#661236
1961#627267
1960#651242
1959#621258
1958#657228
1957#589268
1956#589257
1955#570256
1954#592233
1953#674178
1952#708158
1951#722146
1950#89598
1949#1,05672
1948#1,14461
1947#1,23853
1946#1,33742
1945#1,79522
1944#1,48630
1943#1,55629
1942#1,98119
1941#1,64923
1940#2,29713
1939#1,73120
1938#1,87318
1937#1,49325
1936#1,74119
1935#1,77919
1934#1,60322
1933#1,65821
1932#1,48826
1931#1,54924
1930#1,34732
1929#1,70422
1928#1,19141
1927#1,27838
1926#1,19841
1925#1,40933
1924#2,21217
1923#2,73212
1922#2,29116
1921#2,19517
1920#2,89911
1919#2,51513
1918#3,2449
1917#2,69311
1916#2,65811
1915#1,96416
1914#1,38521
1913#1,52815
1912#2,1448
1911#2,4635
1910#2,1406
1909
1908
1907#1,3849
1906#1,9515
1905#1,9315
1904#1,4867
1903
1902#1,5946
1901
1900#1,5617
1899#1,5965
1898
1897
1896
1895#1,5925
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890#1,3385
1889#1,2795
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.

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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,279 (1889)#1,279
1890s15#1,338 (1890)#1,509
1900s39#1,384 (1907)#1,651
1910s115#1,385 (1914)#2,273
1920s248#1,191 (1928)#1,911
1930s226#1,347 (1930)#1,626
1940s364#1,056 (1949)#1,554
1950s2,080#570 (1955)#662
1960s1,822#627 (1961)#790
1970s696#1,060 (1970)#1,553
1980s496#1,583 (1980)#2,319
1990s263#3,022 (1990)#4,444
2000s108#5,937 (2000)#10,216
2010s18#12,876 (2016)#14,461
2020s8#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 1978

girls
#2,050
46 births · 1 in 33,301 girls

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #2,050Terese46
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 33,301 of them was named Terese, which outranked 82.1% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Terese
  1. #2,012Toshia47
  2. #2,012Yasmeen47
  3. #2,012Zabrina47
  4. #2,050Terese46
  5. #2,050Aaliyah46
  6. #2,050Aneesah46
  7. #2,050Arelis46
  8. #2,092Aiesha45
  9. #2,092Aziza45
  10. #2,092China45

Tied with 41 names at #2,050; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. 4,240Aja#4,652#412
  2. 1,987Kiley#2,606#619
  3. 1,951Kylee#2,838#887
  4. 1,785Winter#2,780#995
  5. 1,620Kylie#2,026#406
Fallers
  1. 913Shalon#868#1,781
  2. 760Farah#854#1,614
  3. 519Tennille#462#981
  4. 398Shawnte#740#1,138
  5. 362Farrah#177#539

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1978