How Many People Are Named Teressa?

5,422

people named Teressa are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 63,036 people in the US has this name

Based on 6,480 babies named Teressa in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,533

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,974

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Peak Year

1960

266 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Teressa in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Teressa alive today is about 56 years old, and 49% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 50 and 66 in 2025.

Under 30 356
6.6%
30 to 59 2,429
44.8%
60 and over 2,637
48.6%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Teressa first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1960, to 266 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Teressa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #617, in 1960. In 2025 it ranked #17,031.

Girls
Rank in 2025#17,031
Best rank#617 (1960)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#685 in the 1960s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Teressa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Teressa were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 359 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Teressa was given 5.2 times as often in South Carolina, 4.4 times in North Carolina and 3.5 times in Mississippi.

North Carolina 359
Texas 308
Georgia 249
South Carolina 232
California 216
Virginia 182
Tennessee 178
Ohio 158
Alabama 157
Mississippi 147
Florida 110
Michigan 95
Arkansas 94
Pennsylvania 88
Illinois 87
Oklahoma 84
Kentucky 81
New York 72
Missouri 64
Indiana 61
West Virginia 48
Louisiana 34
Washington 23
Maryland 21
Utah 14
Oregon 10
District of Columbia 5
Iowa 5
Idaho 4
New Mexico 4

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