Theresa
#1,548 for girls in 2025, 136 births · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 10,841 births
- Debut · girls
- 153 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 69 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 404,613since 1880
Theresa over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #1,548 | 136 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,492 | 146 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,681 | 123 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,478 | 148 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,432 | 150 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,398 | 156 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,259 | 184 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,101 | 224 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,131 | 219 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,188 | 210 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,193 | 210 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,121 | 226 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,210 | 198 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,075 | 232 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,150 | 213 | — | |
| 2010 | #919 | 282 | — | |
| 2009 | #942 | 283 | — | |
| 2008 | #830 | 342 | — | |
| 2007 | #767 | 379 | — | |
| 2006 | #717 | 394 | — | |
| 2005 | #636 | 440 | — | |
| 2004 | #671 | 410 | — | |
| 2003 | #562 | 494 | — | |
| 2002 | #516 | 532 | — | |
| 2001 | #461 | 602 | — | |
| 2000 | #418 | 679 | — | |
| 1999 | #400 | 701 | — | |
| 1998 | #365 | 787 | — | |
| 1997 | #335 | 853 | — | |
| 1996 | #318 | 883 | — | |
| 1995 | #292 | 948 | — | |
| 1994 | #263 | 1,063 | — | |
| 1993 | #242 | 1,159 | — | |
| 1992 | #226 | 1,238 | — | |
| 1991 | #205 | 1,460 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #196 | 1,499 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #180 | 1,546 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #171 | 1,658 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #159 | 1,739 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #144 | 1,979 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #136 | 2,123 | #2,427 | 21 |
| 1984 | #121 | 2,307 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #121 | 2,416 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #109 | 2,753 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #99 | 2,943 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #104 | 2,925 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #100 | 2,995 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #101 | 2,922 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #98 | 2,914 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | #89 | 3,173 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #78 | 3,611 | #2,205 | 20 |
| 1974 | #79 | 3,857 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #69 | 4,178 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #68 | 4,569 | #1,819 | 24 |
| 1971 | #61 | 5,446 | #1,705 | 27 |
| 1970 | #53 | 6,411 | #1,658 | 27 |
| 1969 | #49 | 6,858 | #1,642 | 25 |
| 1968 | #47 | 7,307 | #1,836 | 19 |
| 1967 | #43 | 8,105 | #1,364 | 31 |
| 1966 | #46 | 8,699 | #1,401 | 30 |
| 1965 | #45 | 9,685 | #1,669 | 22 |
| 1964 | #38 | 10,557 | #1,545 | 26 |
| 1963 | #38 | 11,039 | #1,215 | 41 |
| 1962 | #40 | 11,061 | #1,367 | 33 |
| 1961 | #35 | 11,960 | #1,439 | 31 |
| 1960 | #35 | 11,847 | #1,320 | 36 |
| 1959 | #34 | 11,656 | #1,439 | 30 |
| 1958 | #33 | 11,452 | #1,534 | 26 |
| 1957 | #36 | 11,188 | #1,583 | 25 |
| 1956 | #32 | 10,841 | #1,676 | 22 |
| 1955 | #38 | 9,620 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #47 | 8,509 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #50 | 7,715 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #60 | 6,809 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #64 | 6,190 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #65 | 5,628 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #63 | 5,603 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #62 | 5,556 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #85 | 4,390 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | #95 | 3,684 | #1,813 | 16 |
| 1945 | #96 | 2,895 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #96 | 2,817 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #99 | 2,929 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #98 | 2,799 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #95 | 2,675 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #102 | 2,441 | #1,736 | 16 |
| 1939 | #94 | 2,611 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #92 | 2,763 | #1,689 | 17 |
| 1937 | #95 | 2,702 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #88 | 2,758 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #86 | 2,863 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #77 | 3,192 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1933 | #70 | 3,266 | #1,829 | 15 |
| 1932 | #60 | 3,813 | #1,465 | 23 |
| 1931 | #59 | 4,034 | #1,538 | 21 |
| 1930 | #50 | 4,783 | #1,753 | 18 |
| 1929 | #49 | 5,068 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | #49 | 5,330 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1927 | #52 | 5,129 | #1,603 | 23 |
| 1926 | #64 | 4,407 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #80 | 3,515 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #96 | 3,021 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #105 | 2,614 | #2,331 | 13 |
| 1922 | #109 | 2,543 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #107 | 2,613 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #108 | 2,426 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #102 | 2,380 | — | |
| 1918 | #101 | 2,511 | — | |
| 1917 | #97 | 2,490 | — | |
| 1916 | #98 | 2,348 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #93 | 2,309 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #93 | 1,794 | — | |
| 1913 | #97 | 1,403 | — | |
| 1912 | #96 | 1,268 | — | |
| 1911 | #100 | 919 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #96 | 926 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #106 | 724 | — | |
| 1908 | #94 | 795 | — | |
| 1907 | #99 | 734 | — | |
| 1906 | #99 | 669 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #107 | 598 | — | |
| 1904 | #108 | 561 | — | |
| 1903 | #102 | 553 | — | |
| 1902 | #109 | 549 | — | |
| 1901 | #94 | 554 | — | |
| 1900 | #102 | 659 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #101 | 532 | — | |
| 1898 | #107 | 540 | — | |
| 1897 | #100 | 533 | — | |
| 1896 | #108 | 469 | — | |
| 1895 | #103 | 515 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #100 | 484 | — | |
| 1893 | #101 | 469 | — | |
| 1892 | #107 | 417 | — | |
| 1891 | #106 | 370 | — | |
| 1890 | #101 | 401 | — | |
| 1889 | #106 | 359 | — | |
| 1888 | #101 | 377 | — | |
| 1887 | #108 | 284 | — | |
| 1886 | #111 | 276 | — | |
| 1885 | #114 | 232 | — | |
| 1884 | #111 | 240 | — | |
| 1883 | #104 | 241 | — | |
| 1882 | #121 | 170 | — | |
| 1881 | #108 | 173 | — | |
| 1880 | #112 | 153 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Theresa was already there! It came in at #112, and was given to 153 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2019–2025, when fewer than 190 girls a year got the name.
See more about Theresa
- 56 spots since 2024 (#1,492 → #1,548)
- 150 spots since 2020 (#1,398 → #1,548)
- 355 spots since 2015 (#1,193 → #1,548)
- Biggest jump: 35 spots in 2005 (#671 → #636)
- Biggest drop: 231 spots in 2011 (#919 → #1,150)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1956 at #32 (10,841 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 69 yrs · run 1941–1977
- Top 1,000: 131 yrs · run 1880–2010
- Highest: 1 in 169 girls born in 1961 were named Theresa (0.59%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,818 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #32 in 1956, was only 1 in 185 (0.54%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.0% of all girls named Theresa (97,118) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,505 | #101 (1888) | #110 |
| 1890s | 4,730 | #100 (1897) | #103 |
| 1900s | 6,396 | #94 (1908) | #102 |
| 1910s | 18,348 | #93 (1915) | #97 |
| 1920s | 36,666 | #49 (1928) | #82 |
| 1930s | 32,785 | #50 (1930) | #77 |
| 1940s | 35,789 | #62 (1948) | #89 |
| 1950s | 89,608 | #32 (1956) | #46 |
| 1960s | 97,118 | #35 (1961) | #42 |
| 1970s | 40,076 | #53 (1970) | #80 |
| 1980s | 22,389 | #99 (1981) | #134 |
| 1990s | 10,591 | #196 (1990) | #284 |
| 2000s | 4,555 | #418 (2000) | #652 |
| 2010s | 2,198 | #919 (2010) | #1,135 |
| 2020s | 859 | #1,398 (2020) | #1,505 |
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.
Theresa in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 333 of them was named Theresa, which outranked 99.3% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 67,567 of them was named Theresa, which outranked 68.4% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,771Vernard25
- #1,771Zackery25
- #1,771Zeke25
- #1,819Theresa24
- #1,819Abner24
- #1,819Alaric24
- #1,819Anders24
- #1,871Antonios23
- #1,871Anwar23
- #1,871Bradd23
Tied with 51 names at #1,819; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.