Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Teresa

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Teresa
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.4% from peak

Peak era

1961

Peak rank proxy

18,909

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19612024

Peak year

1961

Decline from peak

98.4%

2024

310

All-time

415,746

Teresa once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1961, when 18,909 girls were named Teresa.

In 2024, only 310 girls were given the name.

Down 98.4% from its peak.

All told, about 415,746 Americans have been named Teresa and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.4% from peak

196118,909 girls named Teresa

2024310 girls named Teresa

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