first name
TERESA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 402,455 people named Teresa, 65.7% reported their origin as White, 22.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Teresa peaked in 1961, when 18,949 babies got the name.
At least 417,209 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Teresa by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #54. The largest share of babies named Teresa, 52.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Teresa is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Teresa has been most common in Tennessee (1.7×), West Virginia (1.6×), and North Carolina (1.6×), and least common in New Hampshire (0.33×).
408,807 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Teresa
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Teresa, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Teresa ranks #52,367 of 156,621, with 428 people. See Teresa as a last name
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