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
- Peak · girls
- 1901 · 55 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,360since 1880
Tressie over time
Rank among girls' names. Tressie 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 | #14,942 | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | — | |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | — | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | — | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,411 | 24 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,176 | 24 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,546 | 31 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,629 | 27 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,173 | 35 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,107 | 39 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,240 | 35 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,350 | 30 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,855 | 41 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,881 | 39 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,700 | 44 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,655 | 46 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,348 | 27 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,424 | 25 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,163 | 30 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,150 | 30 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,061 | 31 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,985 | 31 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,168 | 26 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,341 | 22 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,173 | 23 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,892 | 28 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,772 | 30 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,720 | 30 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,422 | 42 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,146 | 21 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,678 | 28 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,374 | 34 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,205 | 43 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,342 | 37 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,162 | 46 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,243 | 37 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,062 | 46 | — | |
| 1939 | #939 | 56 | — | |
| 1938 | #967 | 54 | — | |
| 1937 | #910 | 57 | — | |
| 1936 | #979 | 49 | — | |
| 1935 | #823 | 69 | — | |
| 1934 | #917 | 56 | — | |
| 1933 | #761 | 75 | — | |
| 1932 | #891 | 62 | — | |
| 1931 | #838 | 67 | — | |
| 1930 | #847 | 71 | — | |
| 1929 | #835 | 72 | — | |
| 1928 | #759 | 88 | — | |
| 1927 | #696 | 109 | — | |
| 1926 | #769 | 88 | — | |
| 1925 | #715 | 106 | — | |
| 1924 | #728 | 103 | — | |
| 1923 | #701 | 109 | — | |
| 1922 | #644 | 130 | — | |
| 1921 | #625 | 139 | — | |
| 1920 | #690 | 111 | — | |
| 1919 | #624 | 126 | — | |
| 1918 | #666 | 114 | — | |
| 1917 | #582 | 136 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #573 | 137 | — | |
| 1915 | #555 | 133 | — | |
| 1914 | #656 | 78 | — | |
| 1913 | #541 | 88 | — | |
| 1912 | #555 | 77 | — | |
| 1911 | #511 | 66 | — | |
| 1910 | #458 | 76 | — | |
| 1909 | #516 | 53 | — | |
| 1908 | #546 | 46 | — | |
| 1907 | #462 | 60 | — | |
| 1906 | #477 | 51 | — | |
| 1905 | #455 | 55 | — | |
| 1904 | #456 | 51 | — | |
| 1903 | #457 | 49 | — | |
| 1902 | #412 | 56 | — | |
| 1901 | #397 | 55 | — | |
| 1900 | #463 | 53 | — | |
| 1899 | #433 | 45 | — | |
| 1898 | #481 | 41 | — | |
| 1897 | #438 | 45 | — | |
| 1896 | #621 | 25 | — | |
| 1895 | #499 | 34 | — | |
| 1894 | #487 | 34 | — | |
| 1893 | #500 | 30 | — | |
| 1892 | #638 | 20 | — | |
| 1891 | #572 | 21 | — | |
| 1890 | #617 | 18 | — | |
| 1889 | #567 | 20 | — | |
| 1888 | #612 | 17 | — | |
| 1887 | #608 | 14 | — | |
| 1886 | #508 | 19 | — | |
| 1885 | #608 | 13 | — | |
| 1884 | #686 | 10 | — | |
| 1883 | #579 | 11 | — | |
| 1882 | #507 | 13 | — | |
| 1881 | #470 | 13 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | — | |
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.
Where Tressie is popular in 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#310 · 1 in 2,721
- Arkansas#352 · 1 in 2,673
- Oklahoma#414 · 1 in 3,388
- Mississippi#455 · 1 in 4,511
Best ever in a state: #155 in West Virginia, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #310 | 7 | 1 in 2,721 |
| Arkansas | #352 | 7 | 1 in 2,673 |
| Oklahoma | #414 | 6 | 1 in 3,388 |
| Mississippi | #455 | 5 | 1 in 4,511 |
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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 Tressie
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1901 at #397 (55 births)
- Births halved by 1947, 46 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1880–1939
- 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%)
- 19.7% of all girls named Tressie (1,055) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 136 | #470 (1881) | #588 |
| 1890s | 313 | #433 (1899) | #529 |
| 1900s | 529 | #397 (1901) | #464 |
| 1910s | 1,031 | #458 (1910) | #572 |
| 1920s | 1,055 | #625 (1921) | #716 |
| 1930s | 616 | #761 (1933) | #887 |
| 1940s | 359 | #1,062 (1940) | #1,455 |
| 1950s | 253 | #1,720 (1950) | #2,143 |
| 1960s | 343 | #1,655 (1965) | #2,059 |
| 1970s | 278 | #2,107 (1971) | #2,847 |
| 1980s | 181 | #3,147 (1981) | #4,503 |
| 1990s | 119 | #5,439 (1995) | #7,840 |
| 2000s | 91 | #8,715 (2006) | #10,964 |
| 2010s | 38 | #10,451 (2010) | #14,146 |
| 2020s | 18 | #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 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 20,434 of them was named Tressie, which outranked 80.6% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #955Shannon55
- #955Shelvia55
- #955Velva55
- #967Tressie54
- #967Leone54
- #967Marylee54
- #967Merilyn54
- #972Augustine53
- #972Bettylou53
- #972Cindy53
Tied with 4 names at #967; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.