first name
TERESE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,838 people named Terese, 84.4% reported their origin as White, 7.6% as Black and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Terese peaked in 1957, when 268 babies got the name.
At least 6,503 babies have been given the name since 1889. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Terese by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,136. The largest share of babies named Terese, 53.4%, 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 Terese is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Terese has been most common in Minnesota (4.4×), Wisconsin (4.3×), and Illinois (3.4×), and least common in New Jersey (0.71×).
3,755 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 Terese
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Terese, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Terese ranks #154,755 of 156,621, with 102 people. See Terese as a last name
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