Tess is an established variant of Tessa that peaked in 1992 and has since faded.
Tess is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,794 for girl births in the United States (and #3,275 across all names), given to 113 babies. Tess first appears in 1889 and peaked in 1992 (529 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | 113 | #1,794 |
| 2024 | 115 | 115 | #1,768 |
| 2023 | 117 | 117 | #1,761 |
| 2022 | 107 | 107 | #1,897 |
| 2021 | 142 | 142 | #1,496 |
| 2020 | 175 | 175 | #1,281 |
| 2019 | 158 | 158 | #1,421 |
| 2018 | 176 | 176 | #1,298 |
| 2017 | 203 | 203 | #1,199 |
| 2016 | 217 | 217 | #1,163 |
| 2015 | 229 | 229 | #1,120 |
| 2014 | 235 | 235 | #1,090 |
| 2013 | 251 | 251 | #999 |
| 2012 | 255 | 255 | #993 |
| 2011 | 283 | 283 | #921 |
| 2010 | 338 | 338 | #810 |
| 2009 | 342 | 342 | #826 |
| 2008 | 322 | 322 | #867 |
| 2007 | 311 | 311 | #892 |
| 2006 | 385 | 385 | #730 |
| 2005 | 461 | 461 | #613 |
| 2004 | 424 | 424 | #647 |
| 2003 | 494 | 494 | #566 |
| 2002 | 417 | 417 | #614 |
| 2001 | 393 | 393 | #642 |
| 2000 | 475 | 475 | #551 |
| 1999 | 437 | 437 | #573 |
| 1998 | 430 | 430 | #572 |
| 1997 | 448 | — | #533 |
| 1996 | 409 | — | #569 |
| 1995 | 435 | — | #547 |
| 1994 | 478 | — | #522 |
| 1993 | 524 | — | #481 |
| 1992 | 529 | — | #467 |
| 1991 | 465 | — | #507 |
| 1990 | 404 | — | #574 |
| 1989 | 270 | — | #733 |
| 1988 | 183 | — | #929 |
| 1987 | 185 | — | #904 |
| 1986 | 194 | — | #855 |
| 1985 | 218 | — | #778 |
| 1984 | 216 | — | #753 |
| 1983 | 191 | — | #813 |
| 1982 | 133 | — | #1,077 |
| 1981 | 104 | — | #1,252 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | #5,522 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | #5,396 |
| 1978 | 28 | — | #2,933 |
| 1977 | 20 | — | #3,748 |
| 1976 | 38 | — | #2,251 |
| 1975 | 32 | — | #2,506 |
| 1974 | 29 | — | #2,608 |
| 1973 | 40 | — | #2,061 |
| 1972 | 49 | — | #1,784 |
| 1971 | 80 | — | #1,348 |
| 1970 | 94 | — | #1,207 |
| 1969 | 92 | — | #1,166 |
| 1968 | 79 | — | #1,235 |
| 1967 | 50 | — | #1,616 |
| 1966 | 16 | — | #3,261 |
| 1965 | 14 | — | #3,531 |
| 1964 | 21 | — | #2,816 |
| 1963 | 27 | — | #2,358 |
| 1962 | 19 | — | #2,910 |
| 1961 | 20 | — | #2,826 |
| 1960 | 23 | — | #2,569 |
| 1959 | 17 | — | #2,972 |
| 1958 | 13 | — | #3,530 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | #4,184 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | #5,903 |
| 1955 | 16 | — | #2,956 |
| 1954 | 9 | — | #4,244 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | #5,617 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #5,352 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | #5,245 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | #5,980 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | #5,968 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #6,048 |
| 1945 | 9 | — | #3,364 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | #5,309 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | #4,593 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | #5,019 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | #4,295 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | #4,881 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #4,794 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | #3,418 |
| 1933 | 8 | — | #3,380 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #5,018 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | #4,507 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | #3,368 |
| 1927 | 11 | — | #3,031 |
| 1926 | 7 | — | #4,262 |
| 1925 | 21 | — | #1,938 |
| 1924 | 15 | — | #2,503 |
| 1923 | 11 | — | #3,102 |
| 1922 | 16 | — | #2,373 |
| 1921 | 19 | — | #2,108 |
| 1920 | 19 | — | #2,068 |
| 1919 | 29 | — | #1,479 |
| 1918 | 18 | — | #2,094 |
| 1917 | 19 | — | #1,912 |
| 1916 | 24 | — | #1,576 |
| 1915 | 13 | — | #2,369 |
| 1914 | 17 | — | #1,654 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | #2,788 |
| 1912 | 11 | — | #1,825 |
| 1911 | 11 | — | #1,534 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #2,375 |
| 1909 | 13 | — | #1,207 |
| 1908 | 7 | — | #1,838 |
| 1907 | 10 | — | #1,366 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | #1,930 |
| 1905 | 13 | — | #1,091 |
| 1904 | 10 | — | #1,241 |
| 1903 | 7 | — | #1,577 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | #1,653 |
| 1900 | 11 | — | #1,219 |
| 1899 | 9 | — | #1,173 |
| 1898 | 9 | — | #1,252 |
| 1897 | 9 | — | #1,158 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | #1,797 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | #1,572 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | #1,261 |