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.
Where Tessie is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#538 · 1 in 3,828
- Texas#1,770 · 1 in 24,747
- California#2,056 · 1 in 30,215
Best ever in a state: #96 in New Jersey, 1917.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #538 | 8 | 1 in 3,828 |
| Texas | #1,770 | 5 | 1 in 24,747 |
| California | #2,056 | 6 | 1 in 30,215 |
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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 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 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 27,345 of them was named Tessie, which outranked 85.2% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,790Sunni62
- #1,790Tarsha62
- #1,790Trena62
- #1,809Tessie61
- #1,809Amee61
- #1,809Charis61
- #1,809Charlie61
- #1,830Annamaria60
- #1,830Brooklyn60
- #1,830Denita60
Tied with 20 names at #1,809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.