Tessa
#553 most common girls' name of all time · #1,027 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1891–2025
Rank among girls
#553
Rank overall
#1,027 of 105,966
First appeared
1891
Years on the list
101 of 146
All-time
55,939
Since 2016
11,492
Peak year
2007 #190
Best rank
#190 2007
Girls
Boys
peak 1,753/yr
Tessa first appears in 1891. 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 | 978 | — | 978 | #311 |
| 2024 | 1,036 | — | 1,036 | #303 |
| 2023 | 964 | — | 964 | #323 |
| 2022 | 973 | — | 973 | #331 |
| 2021 | 1,118 | — | 1,118 | #287 |
| 2020 | 1,135 | — | 1,135 | #280 |
| 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 | 1,184 | 8 | 1,192 | #275 |
| 2003 | 1,112 | — | 1,112 | #281 |
| 2002 | 1,064 | — | 1,064 | #294 |
| 2001 | 1,047 | — | 1,047 | #300 |
| 2000 | 1,210 | — | 1,210 | #266 |
| 1999 | 1,248 | — | 1,248 | #251 |
| 1998 | 1,377 | — | 1,377 | #224 |
| 1997 | 1,358 | — | 1,358 | #218 |
| 1996 | 1,254 | — | 1,254 | #226 |
| 1995 | 1,119 | — | 1,119 | #253 |
| 1994 | 1,158 | — | 1,158 | #241 |
| 1993 | 1,259 | — | 1,259 | #218 |
| 1992 | 1,164 | — | 1,164 | #236 |
| 1991 | 1,149 | — | 1,149 | #243 |
| 1990 | 955 | — | 955 | #290 |
| 1989 | 694 | — | 694 | #370 |
| 1988 | 588 | — | 588 | #407 |
| 1987 | 566 | — | 566 | #402 |
| 1986 | 619 | — | 619 | #375 |
| 1985 | 683 | — | 683 | #343 |
| 1984 | 777 | 5 | 782 | #307 |
| 1983 | 816 | — | 816 | #289 |
| 1982 | 650 | — | 650 | #359 |
| 1981 | 571 | — | 571 | #395 |
| 1980 | 361 | — | 361 | #526 |
| 1979 | 438 | — | 438 | #460 |
| 1978 | 441 | — | 441 | #451 |
| 1977 | 262 | — | 262 | #636 |
| 1976 | 341 | — | 341 | #523 |
| 1975 | 289 | — | 289 | #573 |
| 1974 | 285 | — | 285 | #565 |
| 1973 | 309 | — | 309 | #542 |
| 1972 | 209 | — | 209 | #696 |
| 1971 | 215 | — | 215 | #709 |
| 1970 | 180 | — | 180 | #785 |
| 1969 | 144 | — | 144 | #873 |
| 1968 | 115 | — | 115 | #969 |
| 1967 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,064 |
| 1966 | 119 | — | 119 | #928 |
| 1965 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,006 |
| 1964 | 140 | — | 140 | #878 |
| 1963 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,766 |
| 1962 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,128 |
| 1961 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,650 |
| 1960 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,448 |
| 1959 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,925 |
| 1958 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,117 |
| 1957 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,348 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,910 |
| 1955 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,491 |
| 1954 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,542 |
| 1953 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,623 |
| 1952 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,711 |
| 1951 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,722 |
| 1950 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,468 |
| 1949 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,023 |
| 1948 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,092 |
| 1947 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,704 |
| 1946 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,627 |
| 1945 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,341 |
| 1944 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,473 |
| 1943 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,315 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,378 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,940 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,680 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,171 |
| 1923 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,044 |
| 1922 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,730 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,093 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,080 |
| 1918 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,894 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,508 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,520 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,009 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,055 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,724 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,629 |
| 1893 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,262 |
| 1892 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,168 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,331 |