How rare is the name Teresita?

17,139 people in the United States have the first name Teresita, about 1 in 17,622. It ranks #1,763 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TERESITA

#1,763

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,139
About
1 in 17,622
This common or more
76.9%
Who bears it

Of the 17,139 people named Teresita, 55.2% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 41.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.5% as White. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Teresita peaked in 1962, when 80 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18912025
Peak year
1962
Births that year
80
In 2025*
10 ▼88%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,376 babies have been given the name since 1891. 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.

Teresita by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #2,241. The largest share of babies named Teresita, 26.1%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1890s#3,14415
1900s#3,98713
1910s#7,66925
1920s#4,985112
1930s#3,502164
1940s#3,184223
1950s#2,768387
1960s#2,241650
1970s#2,861531
1980s#4,153371
1990s#5,108384
2000s#7,584301
2010s#15,211117
2020s#13,15983
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.2%
Silent Generation 1928–459%
Baby boom 1946–6425.4%
Generation X 1965–8026.1%
Millennials 1981–9618.2%
Generation Z 1997–1213%
2013 and later4.7%

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 Teresita is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Teresita has been most common in New Mexico (12×), Texas (4.1×), and California (3.9×), and least common in Illinois (0.47×).

1,890 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 Teresita

#1,761 Joseluis · 17,153#1,762 Kade · 17,141#1,764 Dewayne · 17,092#1,765 Millie · 17,079

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Teresita, most common first.

#34,742 Terecita · 234

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