Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
1900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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