first name
THERESE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 28,317 people named Therese, 83.6% reported their origin as White, 6.3% as Black and 3.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 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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Therese peaked in 1959, when 1,211 babies got the name.
At least 35,595 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.
Therese by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #516. The largest share of babies named Therese, 45.5%, 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 Therese is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Therese has been most common in Rhode Island (6.6×), Maine (5.2×), and New Hampshire (5×), and least common in Tennessee (0.06×).
30,263 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.
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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Therese, most common first.
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