Tessa is an established girls' name that peaked in 2007 and has grown less common since.
Tessa is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #311 for girl births in the United States (and #664 across all names), given to 978 babies. Tessa was first reported in SSA data in 1891 and peaked in 2007 (1,753 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 978 | 978 | #311 | — |
| 2024 | 1,036 | 1,036 | #303 | — |
| 2023 | 964 | 964 | #323 | — |
| 2022 | 973 | 973 | #332 | — |
| 2021 | 1,118 | 1,118 | #287 | — |
| 2020 | 1,135 | 1,135 | #281 | — |
| 2019 | 1,268 | 1,268 | #260 | — |
| 2018 | 1,329 | 1,329 | #245 | — |
| 2017 | 1,296 | 1,296 | #245 | — |
| 2016 | 1,395 | 1,395 | #230 | — |
| 2015 | 1,560 | 1,560 | #208 | — |
| 2014 | 1,527 | 1,527 | #221 | — |
| 2013 | 1,324 | 1,324 | #244 | — |
| 2012 | 1,366 | 1,366 | #233 | — |
| 2011 | 1,391 | 1,391 | #229 | — |
| 2010 | 1,427 | 1,427 | #221 | — |
| 2009 | 1,569 | 1,569 | #207 | — |
| 2008 | 1,660 | 1,660 | #203 | — |
| 2007 | 1,753 | 1,753 | #190 | — |
| 2006 | 1,354 | 1,354 | #251 | — |
| 2005 | 1,224 | 1,224 | #269 | — |
| 2004 | 1,192 | 1,192 | #276 | #8,838 |
| 2003 | 1,112 | 1,112 | #281 | — |
| 2002 | 1,064 | 1,064 | #294 | — |
| 2001 | 1,047 | 1,047 | #301 | — |
| 2000 | 1,210 | 1,210 | #266 | — |
| 1999 | 1,248 | 1,248 | #251 | — |
| 1998 | 1,377 | 1,377 | #224 | — |
| 1997 | 1,358 | — | #218 | — |
| 1996 | 1,254 | — | #226 | — |
| 1995 | 1,119 | — | #253 | — |
| 1994 | 1,158 | — | #241 | — |
| 1993 | 1,259 | — | #218 | — |
| 1992 | 1,164 | — | #236 | — |
| 1991 | 1,149 | — | #243 | — |
| 1990 | 955 | — | #290 | — |
| 1989 | 694 | — | #370 | — |
| 1988 | 588 | — | #408 | — |
| 1987 | 566 | — | #402 | — |
| 1986 | 619 | — | #376 | — |
| 1985 | 683 | — | #344 | — |
| 1984 | 782 | — | #307 | #7,228 |
| 1983 | 816 | — | #289 | — |
| 1982 | 650 | — | #359 | — |
| 1981 | 571 | — | #395 | — |
| 1980 | 361 | — | #526 | — |
| 1979 | 438 | — | #461 | — |
| 1978 | 441 | — | #452 | — |
| 1977 | 262 | — | #637 | — |
| 1976 | 341 | — | #523 | — |
| 1975 | 289 | — | #575 | — |
| 1974 | 285 | — | #565 | — |
| 1973 | 309 | — | #542 | — |
| 1972 | 209 | — | #697 | — |
| 1971 | 215 | — | #710 | — |
| 1970 | 180 | — | #786 | — |
| 1969 | 144 | — | #875 | — |
| 1968 | 115 | — | #971 | — |
| 1967 | 96 | — | #1,066 | — |
| 1966 | 119 | — | #927 | — |
| 1965 | 108 | — | #1,008 | — |
| 1964 | 140 | — | #880 | — |
| 1963 | 43 | — | #1,785 | — |
| 1962 | 31 | — | #2,157 | — |
| 1961 | 47 | — | #1,662 | — |
| 1960 | 24 | — | #2,507 | — |
| 1959 | 34 | — | #1,947 | — |
| 1958 | 15 | — | #3,220 | — |
| 1957 | 13 | — | #3,473 | — |
| 1956 | 7 | — | #5,272 | — |
| 1955 | 20 | — | #2,546 | — |
| 1954 | 11 | — | #3,693 | — |
| 1953 | 17 | — | #2,690 | — |
| 1952 | 16 | — | #2,789 | — |
| 1951 | 15 | — | #2,798 | — |
| 1950 | 17 | — | #2,524 | — |
| 1949 | 23 | — | #2,063 | — |
| 1948 | 22 | — | #2,121 | — |
| 1947 | 32 | — | #1,720 | — |
| 1946 | 30 | — | #1,643 | — |
| 1945 | 36 | — | #1,353 | — |
| 1944 | 31 | — | #1,482 | — |
| 1943 | 9 | — | #3,467 | — |
| 1939 | 5 | — | #4,882 | — |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #4,301 | — |
| 1929 | 5 | — | #5,208 | — |
| 1924 | 5 | — | #5,810 | — |
| 1923 | 7 | — | #4,335 | — |
| 1922 | 8 | — | #3,973 | — |
| 1921 | 7 | — | #4,409 | — |
| 1920 | 5 | — | #5,675 | — |
| 1918 | 11 | — | #3,006 | — |
| 1916 | 5 | — | #5,080 | — |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,758 | — |
| 1904 | 5 | — | #2,142 | — |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #2,194 | — |
| 1895 | 5 | — | #1,789 | — |
| 1894 | 5 | — | #1,686 | — |
| 1893 | 7 | — | #1,271 | — |
| 1892 | 8 | — | #1,162 | — |
| 1891 | 6 | — | #1,321 | — |