How Many People Are Named Teresa?
people named Teresa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,003 people in the US has this name
Based on 417,209 babies named Teresa in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
18,949 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Cognate of THERESA. Saint Teresa of Ávila was a 16th-century Spanish nun who reformed the Carmelite monasteries and wrote several spiritual books. It was also borne by the beatified Albanian missionary Mother Teresa (1910-1997), who worked with the poor in Calcutta. She adopted the name in honour of the French saint Thérèse de Lisieux, who is the patron of missionaries.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Teresa in English. Counting Teresa and these spellings together, about 606,443 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Teresa (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Teresa alive today is about 59 years old, and 58% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 54 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Teresa first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1961, to 18,949 babies. In 2025, 291 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Teresa never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #18, in 1961 to 1963, and it was in the top 100 for 34 years, 1948 to 1981. In 2025 it ranked #911.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #911 |
| Best rank | #18 (1961 to 1963) |
| Years in the top 100 | 34 (1948 to 1981) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #25 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Teresa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Teresa were born in California than in any other state: about 35,525 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Teresa was given 1.8 times as often in Tennessee, 1.7 times in Idaho and 1.7 times in North Carolina.
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