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.

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
1900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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