Tess

#1,777 for girls in 2025, 113 births

Peak · girls
#465
1992 · 529 births
Debut · girls
1889
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,770
since 1889

Tess over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tess has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016peak #465, 1992girls
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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#1,777113
2024#1,753115
2023#1,750117
2022#1,885107
2021#1,491142
2020#1,276175
2019#1,415158
2018#1,292176
2017#1,198203
2016#1,158217
2015#1,118229
2014#1,089235
2013#996251
2012#988255
2011#918283
2010#808338
2009#824342
2008#866322
2007#892311
2006#730385
2005#613461
2004#646424
2003#562494
2002#614417
2001#642393
2000#549475
1999#573437
1998#570430
1997#531448
1996#567409
1995#547435
1994#522478
1993#480524
1992#465529
1991#507465
1990#574404
1989#730270
1988#923183
1987#900185
1986#854194
1985#776218
1984#750216
1983#811191
1982#1,074133
1981#1,248104
1980#5,24513
1979#5,09213
1978#2,85928
1977#3,61220
1976#2,21038
1975#2,45632
1974#2,55629
1973#2,01940
1972#1,77149
1971#1,33680
1970#1,20194
1969#1,16292
1968#1,23179
1967#1,59850
1966#3,14816
1965#3,40214
1964#2,75221
1963#2,30627
1962#2,81419
1961#2,75220
1960#2,51223
1959#2,86917
1958#3,37913
1957#3,93010
1956#5,3256
1955#2,83916
1954#3,9679
1953#5,0406
1952—
1951#4,8336
1950#4,7386
1949#5,2445
1948#5,2435
1947#5,2955
1946—
1945#3,1329
1944—
1943#4,6915
1942#4,1246
1941#4,4205
1940#3,8636
1939#4,2505
1938—
1937—
1936#4,1815
1935—
1934#3,1598
1933#3,1098
1932#4,4115
1931—
1930#4,0476
1929#3,1379
1928—
1927#2,85911
1926#3,8737
1925#1,89121
1924#2,40915
1923#2,91711
1922#2,29116
1921#2,04819
1920#2,01519
1919#1,44529
1918#2,02918
1917#1,84719
1916#1,53324
1915#2,25513
1914#1,60317
1913#2,5407
1912#1,71911
1911#1,45011
1910#2,1406
1909#1,15213
1908#1,6767
1907#1,28910
1906#1,7276
1905#1,05713
1904#1,17010
1903#1,4407
1902—
1901#1,4666
1900#1,17111
1899#1,0999
1898#1,1719
1897#1,0949
1896#1,5835
1895#1,4266
1894—
1893—
1892—
1891—
1890—
1889#1,1476
1888—
1887—
1886—
1885—
1884—
1883—
1882—
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1889

The first year at least five girls were named Tess! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1890–1894, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Tess
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 24 spots since 2024 (#1,753 → #1,777)
  • 501 spots since 2020 (#1,276 → #1,777)
  • 659 spots since 2015 (#1,118 → #1,777)
  • Biggest jump: 263 spots in 1983 (#1,074 → #811)
  • Biggest drop: 162 spots in 2007 (#730 → #892)
Rise & fade · girls
103 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1992 at #465 (529 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1983–2013
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,452
  • Highest: 1 in 3,452 girls born in 1993 were named Tess (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,224 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #465 in 1992, was only 1 in 3,486 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 30.9% of all girls named Tess (4,559) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#1,147 (1889)#1,147
1890s38#1,094 (1897)#1,275
1900s83#1,057 (1905)#1,350
1910s155#1,445 (1919)#1,856
1920s128#1,891 (1925)#2,604
1930s37#3,109 (1933)#3,860
1940s46#3,132 (1945)#4,502
1950s89#2,839 (1955)#4,102
1960s361#1,162 (1969)#2,368
1970s423#1,201 (1970)#2,511
1980s1,707#730 (1989)#1,331
1990s4,559#465 (1992)#534
2000s4,024#549 (2000)#694
2010s2,345#808 (2010)#1,098
2020s769#1,276 (2020)#1,655

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.

Tess in 2016

girls
#1,158
217 births · 1 in 8,166 girls

Top girls' names in 2016

  1. #1Emma19,550
  2. #2Olivia19,414
  3. #3Ava16,354
  4. #4Sophia16,185
  5. #5Isabella14,863
  6. #6Mia14,464
  7. #7Charlotte13,118
  8. #8Abigail11,796
  9. #9Emily11,006
  10. #10Amelia10,809
  11. #1,158Tess217
More about 2016

girls

1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 8,166 of them was named Tess, which outranked 93.9% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tess
  1. #1,152Roslyn218
  2. #1,152Selina218
  3. #1,152Taryn218
  4. #1,158Tess217
  5. #1,158Addalynn217
  6. #1,158Amiah217
  7. #1,158Honesty217
  8. #1,164Aanya216
  9. #1,164Adilene216
  10. #1,164Drew216

Tied with 5 names at #1,158; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,389Kehlani#3,254 → #865
  2. ↑ 612Royalty#1,146 → #534
  3. ↑ 481Saoirse#1,448 → #967
  4. ↑ 396Ophelia#978 → #582
  5. ↑ 364Aitana#915 → #551
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Caitlin#610 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 451Caitlyn#598 → #1,049
  3. ↓ 397Katelynn#652 → #1,049
  4. ↓ 382Kaitlynn#989 → #1,371
  5. ↓ 340Neriah#946 → #1,286

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

See the top 100 for 2016 →