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.

Theresa

#93 most common girls' name of all time · #179 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#93
Rank overall
#179 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
405,831
Since 2016
1,696
Peak year
1961 #35
Best rank
#32 1956
Girls Boys peak 11,991/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Theresa is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 136 — 136 #1,548
2024 146 — 146 #1,492
2023 123 — 123 #1,681
2022 148 — 148 #1,478
2021 150 — 150 #1,432
2020 156 — 156 #1,398
2019 184 — 184 #1,260
2018 224 — 224 #1,101
2017 219 — 219 #1,131
2016 210 — 210 #1,188
2015 210 — 210 #1,193
2014 226 — 226 #1,121
2013 198 — 198 #1,211
2012 232 — 232 #1,075
2011 213 — 213 #1,150
2010 282 — 282 #919
2009 283 — 283 #942
2008 342 — 342 #830
2007 379 — 379 #767
2006 394 — 394 #717
2005 440 — 440 #636
2004 410 — 410 #671
2003 494 — 494 #562
2002 532 — 532 #516
2001 602 — 602 #461
2000 679 — 679 #418
1999 701 — 701 #400
1998 787 — 787 #365
1997 853 — 853 #335
1996 883 — 883 #318
1995 948 — 948 #292
1994 1,063 — 1,063 #263
1993 1,159 — 1,159 #242
1992 1,238 — 1,238 #226
1991 1,460 5 1,465 #205
1990 1,499 10 1,509 #196
1989 1,546 12 1,558 #180
1988 1,658 8 1,666 #171
1987 1,739 9 1,748 #159
1986 1,979 8 1,987 #144
1985 2,123 21 2,144 #136
1984 2,307 14 2,321 #121
1983 2,416 11 2,427 #121
1982 2,753 10 2,763 #109
1981 2,943 13 2,956 #99
1980 2,925 12 2,937 #104
1979 2,995 10 3,005 #100
1978 2,922 18 2,940 #101
1977 2,914 14 2,928 #98
1976 3,173 13 3,186 #89
1975 3,611 20 3,631 #78
1974 3,857 11 3,868 #79
1973 4,178 10 4,188 #69
1972 4,569 24 4,593 #68
1971 5,446 27 5,473 #61
1970 6,411 27 6,438 #53
1969 6,858 25 6,883 #49
1968 7,307 19 7,326 #47
1967 8,105 31 8,136 #43
1966 8,699 30 8,729 #46
1965 9,685 22 9,707 #45
1964 10,557 26 10,583 #38
1963 11,039 41 11,080 #38
1962 11,061 33 11,094 #40
1961 11,960 31 11,991 #35
1960 11,847 36 11,883 #35
1959 11,656 30 11,686 #34
1958 11,452 26 11,478 #33
1957 11,188 25 11,213 #36
1956 10,841 22 10,863 #32
1955 9,620 20 9,640 #38
1954 8,509 14 8,523 #47
1953 7,715 13 7,728 #50
1952 6,809 12 6,821 #60
1951 6,190 12 6,202 #64
1950 5,628 7 5,635 #65
1949 5,603 11 5,614 #63
1948 5,556 12 5,568 #63
1947 4,390 12 4,402 #85
1946 3,684 16 3,700 #95
1945 2,895 7 2,902 #96
1944 2,817 7 2,824 #96
1943 2,929 9 2,938 #99
1942 2,799 5 2,804 #98
1941 2,675 10 2,685 #95
1940 2,441 16 2,457 #102
1939 2,611 9 2,620 #94
1938 2,763 17 2,780 #92
1937 2,702 10 2,712 #95
1936 2,758 10 2,768 #88
1935 2,863 16 2,879 #86
1934 3,192 21 3,213 #77
1933 3,266 15 3,281 #70
1932 3,813 23 3,836 #60
1931 4,034 21 4,055 #59
1930 4,783 18 4,801 #50
1929 5,068 17 5,085 #49
1928 5,330 17 5,347 #49
1927 5,129 23 5,152 #52
1926 4,407 15 4,422 #64
1925 3,515 13 3,528 #80
1924 3,021 11 3,032 #96
1923 2,614 13 2,627 #105
1922 2,543 8 2,551 #109
1921 2,613 6 2,619 #107
1920 2,426 6 2,432 #108
1919 2,380 — 2,380 #102
1918 2,511 — 2,511 #101
1917 2,490 — 2,490 #97
1916 2,348 7 2,355 #98
1915 2,309 7 2,316 #93
1914 1,794 — 1,794 #93
1913 1,403 — 1,403 #97
1912 1,268 — 1,268 #97
1911 919 5 924 #100
1910 926 8 934 #96
1909 724 — 724 #106
1908 795 — 795 #94
1907 734 — 734 #99
1906 669 5 674 #99
1905 598 — 598 #108
1904 561 — 561 #108
1903 553 — 553 #102
1902 549 — 549 #109
1901 554 — 554 #94
1900 659 5 664 #102
1899 532 — 532 #101
1898 540 — 540 #107
1897 533 — 533 #100
1896 469 — 469 #108
1895 515 5 520 #103
1894 484 — 484 #101
1893 469 — 469 #101
1892 417 — 417 #107
1891 370 — 370 #107
1890 401 — 401 #101
1889 359 — 359 #106
1888 377 — 377 #101
1887 284 — 284 #108
1886 276 — 276 #111
1885 232 — 232 #114
1884 240 — 240 #112
1883 241 — 241 #104
1882 170 — 170 #121
1881 173 — 173 #108
1880 153 — 153 #112