How Many People Are Named Tess?
people named Tess are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 24,352 people in the US has this name
Based on 14,770 babies named Tess in Social Security records from 1889 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
529 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of THERESA. This is the name of the main character in Thomas Hardy's novel 'Tess of the D'Ubervilles' (1891).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Tess in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tess alive today is about 26 years old, and 63% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tess first appears in the records in 1889 and was given most often in 1992, to 529 babies. In 2025, 113 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1889 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Tess has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #467, in 1992. In 2025 it ranked #1,794.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,794 |
| Best rank | #467 (1992) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #542 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tess alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tess were born in California than in any other state: about 1,470 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tess was given 3.3 times as often in Massachusetts, 3.2 times in Utah and 1.9 times in Connecticut.
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