How Many People Are Named Terese?
people named Terese are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 67,293 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,503 babies named Terese in Social Security records from 1889 to 2020, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
268 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Basque and Scandinavian form of TERESA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Terese in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Terese alive today is about 59 years old, and 61% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 53 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Terese first appears in the records in 1889 and was given most often in 1957, to 268 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2020.
Babies given the name each year, 1889 to 2020
🏆 Rank History
Terese has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #570, in 1955.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #570 (1955) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #646 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Terese alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Terese were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 512 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Terese was given 4.1 times as often in Minnesota, 3.8 times in Wisconsin and 3.1 times in Illinois.
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