Resa

rih-SA /ɹᵻˈsæ/
girl 2 syllables fading

Resa is a rare variant of Reese that was most common in the 1960s and has all but disappeared.

Resa is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2013. Resa was first reported in SSA data in 1920 and peaked in 1962 (49 births).

About the name Resa

Pronunciationrih-SA /ɹᵻˈsæ/
CultureArabicPersianTurkish
49peak births 1962
1920first in SSA data

Names similar to Resa

How popular is Resa?

Girls named Resa
192019401960198020002013
Girls named Resa per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1920–2013 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2013) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Resa total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
201355#18,717
200766#17,153
200277#13,317
200099#10,551
199955#16,303
19965—#15,307
199510—#8,597
19946—#13,029
19935—#15,218
19928—#10,238
19919—#9,164
19906—#12,532
198911—#7,329
198815—#5,533
198710—#7,208
19866—#10,548
198517—#4,599
198415—#4,911
19838—#7,857
198211—#6,251
198111—#6,203
198016—#4,686
197916—#4,562
197812—#5,463
197710—#6,222
197610—#5,929
197520—#3,485
197417—#3,825
197311—#5,118
197222—#3,033
197127—#2,711
197026—#2,758
196916—#3,581
196816—#3,418
196720—#2,849
196632—#2,085
196528—#2,285
196424—#2,590
196332—#2,123
196249—#1,624
196145—#1,712
196048—#1,633
195934—#1,940
195843—#1,652
195747—#1,584
195633—#1,888
195541—#1,611
195423—#2,283
195321—#2,348
195218—#2,559
195120—#2,302
195010—#3,620
194913—#2,965
194810—#3,544
194715—#2,749
19468—#3,924
194512—#2,713
19426—#4,528
19245—#5,741
19205—#5,626