Teresa was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #18 in 1961 but is far less common today.
Teresa is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #911 for girl births in the United States (and #1,734 across all names), given to 291 babies. Teresa was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1961 (18,909 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 291 | 291 | #911 | — |
| 2024 | 314 | 314 | #864 | — |
| 2023 | 322 | 322 | #843 | — |
| 2022 | 320 | 320 | #868 | — |
| 2021 | 342 | 342 | #815 | — |
| 2020 | 366 | 366 | #747 | — |
| 2019 | 349 | 349 | #796 | — |
| 2018 | 347 | 347 | #791 | — |
| 2017 | 397 | 397 | #723 | — |
| 2016 | 437 | 437 | #670 | — |
| 2015 | 429 | 429 | #668 | — |
| 2014 | 391 | 391 | #718 | — |
| 2013 | 437 | 437 | #650 | — |
| 2012 | 472 | 472 | #607 | — |
| 2011 | 544 | 550 | #535 | — |
| 2010 | 412 | 412 | #694 | — |
| 2009 | 453 | 453 | #654 | — |
| 2008 | 534 | 534 | #579 | — |
| 2007 | 563 | 563 | #547 | — |
| 2006 | 566 | 566 | #533 | — |
| 2005 | 672 | 672 | #453 | — |
| 2004 | 747 | 747 | #409 | — |
| 2003 | 704 | 704 | #428 | — |
| 2002 | 787 | 787 | #376 | — |
| 2001 | 830 | 830 | #357 | — |
| 2000 | 899 | 899 | #344 | — |
| 1999 | 975 | 981 | #319 | — |
| 1998 | 981 | 990 | #309 | — |
| 1997 | 1,077 | — | #270 | — |
| 1996 | 1,070 | — | #270 | — |
| 1995 | 1,054 | — | #263 | #5,876 |
| 1994 | 1,098 | — | #255 | — |
| 1993 | 1,238 | — | #226 | #10,006 |
| 1992 | 1,377 | — | #209 | #8,346 |
| 1991 | 1,490 | — | #202 | — |
| 1990 | 1,620 | — | #179 | #7,103 |
| 1989 | 1,546 | — | #184 | #4,495 |
| 1988 | 1,640 | — | #172 | #6,354 |
| 1987 | 1,793 | — | #154 | #3,934 |
| 1986 | 2,019 | — | #139 | #5,281 |
| 1985 | 2,222 | — | #132 | #3,779 |
| 1984 | 2,405 | — | #117 | #2,696 |
| 1983 | 2,716 | — | #103 | #3,212 |
| 1982 | 2,904 | — | #102 | #2,414 |
| 1981 | 3,136 | — | #97 | #3,016 |
| 1980 | 3,162 | — | #94 | #3,411 |
| 1979 | 3,492 | — | #87 | #3,792 |
| 1978 | 3,485 | — | #88 | #3,203 |
| 1977 | 3,671 | — | #79 | #2,650 |
| 1976 | 4,080 | — | #66 | #2,045 |
| 1975 | 4,659 | — | #61 | #2,355 |
| 1974 | 5,417 | — | #52 | #2,191 |
| 1973 | 6,008 | — | #45 | #1,976 |
| 1972 | 7,205 | — | #39 | #1,643 |
| 1971 | 8,604 | — | #34 | #1,327 |
| 1970 | 9,649 | — | #34 | #1,394 |
| 1969 | 10,394 | — | #32 | #1,322 |
| 1968 | 10,950 | — | #30 | #1,247 |
| 1967 | 12,305 | — | #28 | #1,337 |
| 1966 | 13,069 | — | #29 | #1,114 |
| 1965 | 14,621 | — | #24 | #1,160 |
| 1964 | 16,458 | — | #21 | #1,285 |
| 1963 | 18,017 | — | #18 | #1,067 |
| 1962 | 18,563 | — | #18 | #1,145 |
| 1961 | 18,949 | — | #18 | #1,259 |
| 1960 | 18,878 | — | #19 | #1,268 |
| 1959 | 17,439 | — | #24 | #1,262 |
| 1958 | 15,637 | — | #26 | #1,319 |
| 1957 | 15,720 | — | #24 | #1,385 |
| 1956 | 14,498 | — | #24 | #1,332 |
| 1955 | 13,151 | — | #26 | #1,570 |
| 1954 | 10,863 | — | #34 | #1,665 |
| 1953 | 8,951 | — | #42 | #1,827 |
| 1952 | 7,301 | — | #52 | #3,341 |
| 1951 | 6,224 | — | #63 | #2,488 |
| 1950 | 4,730 | — | #81 | #3,641 |
| 1949 | 4,335 | — | #82 | #3,270 |
| 1948 | 4,226 | — | #82 | #2,765 |
| 1947 | 2,809 | — | #121 | — |
| 1946 | 1,844 | — | #148 | #2,523 |
| 1945 | 1,346 | — | #171 | #2,971 |
| 1944 | 1,204 | — | #181 | — |
| 1943 | 1,194 | — | #186 | — |
| 1942 | 1,002 | — | #203 | — |
| 1941 | 723 | — | #241 | #3,107 |
| 1940 | 691 | — | #244 | #3,890 |
| 1939 | 649 | — | #245 | — |
| 1938 | 700 | — | #236 | #3,984 |
| 1937 | 668 | — | #242 | #3,146 |
| 1936 | 675 | — | #239 | — |
| 1935 | 724 | — | #234 | #2,696 |
| 1934 | 706 | — | #238 | — |
| 1933 | 753 | — | #223 | — |
| 1932 | 866 | — | #211 | #2,447 |
| 1931 | 952 | — | #192 | #4,269 |
| 1930 | 1,001 | — | #194 | #2,994 |
| 1929 | 1,030 | — | #192 | #2,956 |
| 1928 | 1,219 | — | #172 | #3,666 |
| 1927 | 1,211 | — | #174 | — |
| 1926 | 1,166 | — | #181 | #3,669 |
| 1925 | 955 | — | #206 | — |
| 1924 | 791 | — | #233 | #4,886 |
| 1923 | 724 | — | #243 | — |
| 1922 | 707 | — | #244 | #4,260 |
| 1921 | 738 | — | #245 | — |
| 1920 | 720 | — | #243 | — |
| 1919 | 706 | — | #240 | — |
| 1918 | 674 | — | #247 | — |
| 1917 | 678 | — | #241 | #4,514 |
| 1916 | 662 | — | #242 | — |
| 1915 | 686 | — | #229 | — |
| 1914 | 524 | — | #235 | — |
| 1913 | 424 | — | #236 | — |
| 1912 | 344 | — | #242 | — |
| 1911 | 281 | — | #233 | — |
| 1910 | 220 | — | #258 | — |
| 1909 | 215 | — | #241 | — |
| 1908 | 233 | — | #225 | — |
| 1907 | 191 | — | #249 | — |
| 1906 | 198 | — | #222 | — |
| 1905 | 178 | — | #238 | — |
| 1904 | 179 | — | #230 | — |
| 1903 | 174 | — | #229 | — |
| 1902 | 153 | — | #253 | — |
| 1901 | 164 | — | #225 | — |
| 1900 | 204 | — | #220 | — |
| 1899 | 162 | — | #217 | — |
| 1898 | 217 | — | #199 | — |
| 1897 | 159 | — | #215 | — |
| 1896 | 209 | — | #192 | — |
| 1895 | 167 | — | #209 | — |
| 1894 | 157 | — | #213 | — |
| 1893 | 132 | — | #229 | — |
| 1892 | 143 | — | #215 | — |
| 1891 | 131 | — | #204 | — |
| 1890 | 110 | — | #233 | — |
| 1889 | 113 | — | #218 | — |
| 1888 | 111 | — | #219 | — |
| 1887 | 107 | — | #196 | — |
| 1886 | 84 | — | #218 | — |
| 1885 | 66 | — | #251 | — |
| 1884 | 78 | — | #213 | — |
| 1883 | 64 | — | #226 | — |
| 1882 | 50 | — | #245 | — |
| 1881 | 46 | — | #234 | — |
| 1880 | 50 | — | #218 | — |