Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Theresa

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

Endangered Down 98.8% from peak

Peak era

1961

Peak rank proxy

11,959

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19612024

Peak year

1961

Decline from peak

98.8%

2024

145

All-time

404,471

Theresa 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 11,959 girls were named Theresa.

In 2024, only 145 girls were given the name.

Down 98.8% from its peak.

All told, about 404,471 Americans have been named Theresa and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.8% from peak

196111,959 girls named Theresa

2024145 girls named Theresa

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