Tess
#1,267 most common girls' name of all time · #2,228 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1889–2025
Rank among girls
#1,267
Rank overall
#2,228 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
123 of 146
All-time
14,770
Since 2016
1,523
Peak year
1992 #466
Best rank
#466 1992
Girls
Boys
peak 529/yr
Tess first appears in 1889. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | — | 113 | #1,780 |
| 2024 | 115 | — | 115 | #1,758 |
| 2023 | 117 | — | 117 | #1,751 |
| 2022 | 107 | — | 107 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 142 | — | 142 | #1,491 |
| 2020 | 175 | — | 175 | #1,278 |
| 2019 | 158 | — | 158 | #1,417 |
| 2018 | 176 | — | 176 | #1,294 |
| 2017 | 203 | — | 203 | #1,199 |
| 2016 | 217 | — | 217 | #1,158 |
| 2015 | 229 | — | 229 | #1,118 |
| 2014 | 235 | — | 235 | #1,089 |
| 2013 | 251 | — | 251 | #997 |
| 2012 | 255 | — | 255 | #989 |
| 2011 | 283 | — | 283 | #919 |
| 2010 | 338 | — | 338 | #808 |
| 2009 | 342 | — | 342 | #824 |
| 2008 | 322 | — | 322 | #866 |
| 2007 | 311 | — | 311 | #892 |
| 2006 | 385 | — | 385 | #730 |
| 2005 | 461 | — | 461 | #613 |
| 2004 | 424 | — | 424 | #647 |
| 2003 | 494 | — | 494 | #563 |
| 2002 | 417 | — | 417 | #614 |
| 2001 | 393 | — | 393 | #642 |
| 2000 | 475 | — | 475 | #549 |
| 1999 | 437 | — | 437 | #573 |
| 1998 | 430 | — | 430 | #570 |
| 1997 | 448 | — | 448 | #531 |
| 1996 | 409 | — | 409 | #568 |
| 1995 | 435 | — | 435 | #547 |
| 1994 | 478 | — | 478 | #522 |
| 1993 | 524 | — | 524 | #481 |
| 1992 | 529 | — | 529 | #466 |
| 1991 | 465 | — | 465 | #507 |
| 1990 | 404 | — | 404 | #574 |
| 1989 | 270 | — | 270 | #732 |
| 1988 | 183 | — | 183 | #925 |
| 1987 | 185 | — | 185 | #901 |
| 1986 | 194 | — | 194 | #854 |
| 1985 | 218 | — | 218 | #776 |
| 1984 | 216 | — | 216 | #751 |
| 1983 | 191 | — | 191 | #811 |
| 1982 | 133 | — | 133 | #1,075 |
| 1981 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,249 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,274 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,124 |
| 1978 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,878 |
| 1977 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,630 |
| 1976 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,215 |
| 1975 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,469 |
| 1974 | 29 | — | 29 | #2,569 |
| 1973 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,028 |
| 1972 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,774 |
| 1971 | 80 | — | 80 | #1,339 |
| 1970 | 94 | — | 94 | #1,205 |
| 1969 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,166 |
| 1968 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,233 |
| 1967 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,599 |
| 1966 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,165 |
| 1965 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,426 |
| 1964 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,765 |
| 1963 | 27 | — | 27 | #2,316 |
| 1962 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,843 |
| 1961 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,774 |
| 1960 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,527 |
| 1959 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,889 |
| 1958 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,415 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,969 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,408 |
| 1955 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,879 |
| 1954 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,024 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,120 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,914 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,812 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,351 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,338 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,401 |
| 1945 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,187 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,785 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,206 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,523 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,961 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,363 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,275 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,233 |
| 1933 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,185 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,520 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,120 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,193 |
| 1927 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,908 |
| 1926 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,956 |
| 1925 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,911 |
| 1924 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,445 |
| 1923 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,974 |
| 1922 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,325 |
| 1921 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,070 |
| 1920 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,046 |
| 1919 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,464 |
| 1918 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,048 |
| 1917 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,879 |
| 1916 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,548 |
| 1915 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,302 |
| 1914 | 17 | — | 17 | #1,637 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | 7 | #2,624 |
| 1912 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,785 |
| 1911 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,509 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | 6 | #2,224 |
| 1909 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,192 |
| 1908 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,769 |
| 1907 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,347 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,839 |
| 1905 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,087 |
| 1904 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,225 |
| 1903 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,530 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1900 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,219 |
| 1899 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,166 |
| 1898 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,241 |
| 1897 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,152 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,705 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,529 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,277 |