Tressie

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1917 at #3,545
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1901 · 55 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,360
since 1880

Tressie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tressie has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201891peak #397, 1901girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425
2024#15,2935
2023
2022
2021
2020#11,0908
2019#13,7996
2018#15,6825
2017#15,9025
2016
2015#14,4826
2014#14,5586
2013
2012
2011
2010#10,45110
2009#12,4298
2008#11,5999
2007#12,6768
2006#8,71513
2005#10,9219
2004#9,26411
2003#10,4259
2002#11,1088
2001#9,35110
2000#13,1546
1999#8,80510
1998#6,71914
1997#7,28312
1996#7,13012
1995#5,43917
1994#7,60411
1993#13,4425
1992#10,4797
1991#5,65916
1990#5,83515
1989#5,28616
1988#5,32115
1987#6,33511
1986#4,18619
1985#5,07714
1984#3,99019
1983#4,10918
1982#4,16718
1981#3,14727
1980#3,41124
1979#4,23117
1978#3,28323
1977#3,17624
1976#2,54631
1975#3,40420
1974#2,68327
1973#2,62927
1972#2,17335
1971#2,10739
1970#2,24035
1969#2,35030
1968#1,85541
1967#1,88139
1966#1,70044
1965#1,65546
1964#2,34827
1963#2,42425
1962#2,16330
1961#2,15030
1960#2,06131
1959#2,76018
1958#1,98531
1957#2,16826
1956#2,32123
1955#2,34122
1954#2,29522
1953#2,17323
1952#1,89228
1951#1,77230
1950#1,72030
1949#1,91725
1948#1,42242
1947#2,14621
1946#1,67828
1945#1,37434
1944#1,20543
1943#1,34237
1942#1,16246
1941#1,24337
1940#1,06246
1939#93956
1938#96754
1937#91057
1936#97949
1935#82369
1934#91756
1933#76175
1932#89162
1931#83867
1930#84771
1929#83572
1928#75988
1927#696109
1926#76988
1925#715106
1924#728103
1923#701109
1922#644130
1921#625139
1920#690111
1919#624126
1918#666114
1917#582136#3,5456
1916#573137
1915#555133
1914#65678
1913#54188
1912#55577
1911#51166
1910#45876
1909#51653
1908#54646
1907#46260
1906#47751
1905#45555
1904#45651
1903#45749
1902#41256
1901#39755
1900#46353
1899#43345
1898#48141
1897#43845
1896#62125
1895#49934
1894#48734
1893#50030
1892#63820
1891#57221
1890#61718
1889#56720
1888#61217
1887#60814
1886#50819
1885#60813
1884#68610
1883#57911
1882#50713
1881#47013
1880#7386
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Tressie was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2011–2013, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Tressie
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 351 spots since 2024 (#15,293#14,942)
  • 3,852 spots since 2020 (#11,090#14,942)
  • 460 spots since 2015 (#14,482#14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 268 spots in 1881 (#738#470)
  • Biggest drop: 156 spots in 1934 (#761#917)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1901 at #397 (55 births)
  • Births halved by 1947, 46 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 60 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1880–1939
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,352
  • Highest: 1 in 4,352 girls born in 1901 were named Tressie (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.7% of all girls named Tressie (1,055) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s136#470 (1881)#588
1890s313#433 (1899)#529
1900s529#397 (1901)#464
1910s1,031#458 (1910)#572
1920s1,055#625 (1921)#716
1930s616#761 (1933)#887
1940s359#1,062 (1940)#1,455
1950s253#1,720 (1950)#2,143
1960s343#1,655 (1965)#2,059
1970s278#2,107 (1971)#2,847
1980s181#3,147 (1981)#4,503
1990s119#5,439 (1995)#7,840
2000s91#8,715 (2006)#10,964
2010s38#10,451 (2010)#14,146
2020s18#11,090 (2020)#13,775

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.

Tressie in 1891

girls
#572
21 births · 1 in 8,832 girls

Top girls' names in 1891

  1. #1Mary11,704
  2. #2Anna5,099
  3. #3Margaret3,065
  4. #4Elizabeth3,059
  5. #5Emma2,884
  6. #6Florence2,716
  7. #7Ethel2,689
  8. #8Minnie2,428
  9. #9Helen2,417
  10. #10Bertha2,372
  11. #572Tressie21
More about 1891

girls

185,482 girls got a published name in 1891; 1 in 8,832 of them was named Tressie, which outranked 62.7% of the 1,533 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tressie
  1. #559Ottilia22
  2. #559Patsy22
  3. #559Sidney22
  4. #572Tressie21
  5. #572America21
  6. #572Bennie21
  7. #572Carolina21
  8. #589Allene20
  9. #589Amalia20
  10. #589Bobbie20

Tied with 16 names at #572; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. 588Aurore#1,338#750
  2. 588Zelpha#1,338#750
  3. 499Leva#1,338#839
  4. 499Vira#1,338#839
  5. 483Sister#1,210#727
Fallers
  1. 574Prudie#758#1,332
  2. 571Delila#642#1,213
  3. 541Elmina#791#1,332
  4. 541Tinnie#791#1,332
  5. 520Dorcas#693#1,213

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

See the top 100 for 1891