Tessie
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1922 at #4,307
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1917 · 393 births
- Debut · girls
- 17 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,981since 1880
Tessie over time
Rank among girls' names. Tessie has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | — | |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | — | |
| 2016 | #6,401 | 19 | — | |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | — | |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,228 | 19 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,704 | 29 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,506 | 31 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,301 | 33 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,813 | 27 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,095 | 32 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,723 | 36 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,845 | 33 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,484 | 39 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,382 | 40 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,272 | 42 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,922 | 55 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,809 | 61 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,154 | 47 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,977 | 52 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,572 | 33 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,832 | 55 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,820 | 51 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,060 | 42 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,133 | 38 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,458 | 65 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,456 | 66 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,427 | 73 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,421 | 73 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,480 | 63 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,244 | 77 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,324 | 68 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,600 | 49 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,379 | 64 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,349 | 69 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,754 | 43 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,540 | 53 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,481 | 57 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,405 | 61 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,567 | 48 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,578 | 46 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,550 | 48 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,796 | 35 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,498 | 46 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,602 | 40 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,973 | 27 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,611 | 36 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,555 | 37 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,474 | 39 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,376 | 45 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,370 | 45 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,238 | 53 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,481 | 35 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,312 | 37 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,293 | 38 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,251 | 42 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,206 | 43 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,184 | 40 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,132 | 41 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,066 | 45 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,140 | 40 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,085 | 43 | — | |
| 1936 | #993 | 48 | — | |
| 1935 | #813 | 70 | — | |
| 1934 | #794 | 71 | — | |
| 1933 | #745 | 78 | — | |
| 1932 | #698 | 94 | — | |
| 1931 | #768 | 76 | — | |
| 1930 | #679 | 102 | — | |
| 1929 | #593 | 132 | — | |
| 1928 | #622 | 128 | — | |
| 1927 | #580 | 149 | — | |
| 1926 | #506 | 190 | — | |
| 1925 | #507 | 191 | — | |
| 1924 | #492 | 201 | — | |
| 1923 | #444 | 235 | — | |
| 1922 | #415 | 251 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #394 | 293 | — | |
| 1920 | #370 | 313 | — | |
| 1919 | #336 | 357 | — | |
| 1918 | #343 | 360 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #310 | 393 | — | |
| 1916 | #330 | 340 | — | |
| 1915 | #346 | 292 | — | |
| 1914 | #346 | 230 | — | |
| 1913 | #351 | 187 | — | |
| 1912 | #351 | 170 | — | |
| 1911 | #339 | 136 | — | |
| 1910 | #363 | 118 | — | |
| 1909 | #364 | 100 | — | |
| 1908 | #327 | 117 | — | |
| 1907 | #363 | 94 | — | |
| 1906 | #356 | 88 | — | |
| 1905 | #367 | 85 | — | |
| 1904 | #323 | 101 | — | |
| 1903 | #384 | 68 | — | |
| 1902 | #391 | 63 | — | |
| 1901 | #368 | 67 | — | |
| 1900 | #341 | 94 | — | |
| 1899 | #359 | 66 | — | |
| 1898 | #380 | 66 | — | |
| 1897 | #374 | 60 | — | |
| 1896 | #351 | 68 | — | |
| 1895 | #357 | 61 | — | |
| 1894 | #377 | 55 | — | |
| 1893 | #343 | 61 | — | |
| 1892 | #360 | 54 | — | |
| 1891 | #336 | 57 | — | |
| 1890 | #366 | 47 | — | |
| 1889 | #358 | 45 | — | |
| 1888 | #362 | 44 | — | |
| 1887 | #378 | 32 | — | |
| 1886 | #439 | 24 | — | |
| 1885 | #484 | 19 | — | |
| 1884 | #391 | 26 | — | |
| 1883 | #651 | 9 | — | |
| 1882 | #418 | 19 | — | |
| 1881 | #491 | 12 | — | |
| 1880 | #403 | 17 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Tessie was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 17 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2022, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Tessie
- 1,971 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #10,917)
- 1,964 spots since 2020 (#8,953 → #10,917)
- 1,436 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #10,917)
- Biggest jump: 260 spots in 1884 (#651 → #391)
- Biggest drop: 233 spots in 1883 (#418 → #651)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1917 at #310 (393 births)
- Births halved by 1925, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1880–1936
- Highest: 1 in 2,726 girls born in 1904 were named Tessie (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #310 in 1917, was only 1 in 2,751 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.9% of all girls named Tessie (2,583) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 247 | #358 (1889) | #438 |
| 1890s | 595 | #336 (1891) | #360 |
| 1900s | 877 | #323 (1904) | #358 |
| 1910s | 2,583 | #310 (1917) | #342 |
| 1920s | 2,083 | #370 (1920) | #492 |
| 1930s | 667 | #679 (1930) | #878 |
| 1940s | 419 | #1,132 (1940) | #1,284 |
| 1950s | 402 | #1,474 (1950) | #1,620 |
| 1960s | 604 | #1,244 (1968) | #1,456 |
| 1970s | 548 | #1,421 (1970) | #1,816 |
| 1980s | 408 | #1,809 (1981) | #2,581 |
| 1990s | 232 | #3,301 (1991) | #4,678 |
| 2000s | 143 | #6,129 (2002) | #7,937 |
| 2010s | 118 | #6,401 (2016) | #9,608 |
| 2020s | 55 | #8,464 (2021) | #10,626 |
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.
Tessie in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 3,216 of them was named Tessie, which outranked 93.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 202,696 of them was named Tessie, which outranked 13.2% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 634 names at #4,179; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.