Is Teresa a boy or girl name?
Teresa is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 310 girls and 0 boys were named Teresa, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.7% of the 416,911 US babies named Teresa were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #871
- Babies named Teresa since 1880
- 416,911
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 18,949 babies
Boys and girls named Teresa, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 769 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 1,587 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 1,889 | 100% |
| 1910s | 5 | 5,194 | 99.9% |
| 1920s | 34 | 9,228 | 99.6% |
| 1930s | 46 | 7,648 | 99.4% |
| 1940s | 45 | 19,330 | 99.8% |
| 1950s | 231 | 114,284 | 99.8% |
| 1960s | 411 | 151,790 | 99.7% |
| 1970s | 233 | 56,038 | 99.6% |
| 1980s | 132 | 23,410 | 99.4% |
| 1990s | 28 | 11,952 | 99.8% |
| 2000s | 0 | 6,755 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 4,214 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 1,658 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 310 | #871 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 321 | #844 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 320 | #868 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 341 | #815 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 366 | #746 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 349 | #795 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 347 | #790 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 397 | #723 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 437 | #670 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 429 | #668 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 391 | #718 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 437 | #650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 472 | #607 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 543 | #536 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 412 | #692 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 453 | #653 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 534 | #579 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 563 | #547 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 566 | #533 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 672 | #453 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 747 | #409 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 704 | #428 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 787 | #376 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 830 | #357 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 899 | #344 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 975 | #319 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 981 | #309 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 1,077 | #270 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 1,070 | #270 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,876 | 1,044 | #263 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 1,098 | #255 |
| 1993 | 5 | #10,006 | 1,233 | #226 |
| 1992 | 6 | #8,346 | 1,371 | #209 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 1,490 | #202 |
| 1990 | 7 | #7,103 | 1,613 | #179 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,494 | 1,534 | #184 |
| 1988 | 7 | #6,354 | 1,633 | #172 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,933 | 1,781 | #154 |
| 1986 | 8 | #5,283 | 2,010 | #139 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,780 | 2,210 | #132 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,696 | 2,387 | #117 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,212 | 2,702 | #103 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,414 | 2,883 | #102 |
| 1981 | 15 | #3,014 | 3,122 | #97 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,411 | 3,148 | #94 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,792 | 3,481 | #87 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,203 | 3,472 | #88 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,650 | 3,655 | #79 |
| 1976 | 24 | #2,045 | 4,056 | #66 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,355 | 4,640 | #61 |
| 1974 | 20 | #2,191 | 5,397 | #52 |
| 1973 | 22 | #1,975 | 5,986 | #45 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,643 | 7,177 | #39 |
| 1971 | 41 | #1,327 | 8,562 | #34 |
| 1970 | 37 | #1,394 | 9,612 | #34 |
| 1969 | 37 | #1,323 | 10,356 | #32 |
| 1968 | 38 | #1,247 | 10,914 | #30 |
| 1967 | 33 | #1,337 | 12,271 | #28 |
| 1966 | 45 | #1,114 | 13,024 | #29 |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,160 | 14,577 | #24 |
| 1964 | 38 | #1,285 | 16,422 | #21 |
| 1963 | 52 | #1,067 | 17,963 | #18 |
| 1962 | 46 | #1,146 | 18,519 | #18 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,260 | 18,909 | #18 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,268 | 18,835 | #19 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,262 | 17,401 | #24 |
| 1958 | 35 | #1,319 | 15,603 | #26 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,385 | 15,686 | #24 |
| 1956 | 34 | #1,332 | 14,464 | #24 |
| 1955 | 25 | #1,570 | 13,124 | #26 |
| 1954 | 22 | #1,665 | 10,842 | #34 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,827 | 8,932 | #42 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,341 | 7,294 | #52 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,488 | 6,214 | #63 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,641 | 4,724 | #81 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,270 | 4,328 | #82 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,765 | 4,217 | #82 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 2,810 | #121 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,523 | 1,834 | #148 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,971 | 1,339 | #171 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 1,204 | #181 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 1,194 | #186 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 1,002 | #203 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,107 | 716 | #241 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,890 | 686 | #244 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 649 | #245 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,984 | 695 | #236 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,146 | 661 | #242 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 675 | #239 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,697 | 715 | #234 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 706 | #238 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 753 | #223 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,447 | 855 | #211 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,269 | 947 | #192 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,994 | 992 | #194 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,956 | 1,022 | #192 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,666 | 1,212 | #172 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 1,211 | #174 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,669 | 1,159 | #181 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 955 | #206 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,886 | 786 | #233 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 724 | #243 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,260 | 701 | #244 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 738 | #245 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 720 | #243 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 706 | #240 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 674 | #247 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,514 | 673 | #241 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 662 | #242 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 686 | #229 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 524 | #235 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 424 | #236 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 344 | #242 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 281 | #233 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 220 | #258 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 215 | #241 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 233 | #225 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 191 | #249 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 198 | #222 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 178 | #238 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 179 | #230 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 174 | #229 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 153 | #253 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 164 | #225 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 204 | #220 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 162 | #217 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 217 | #199 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 159 | #215 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 209 | #192 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 167 | #209 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 157 | #213 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 132 | #229 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 143 | #215 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 131 | #204 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 110 | #233 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 113 | #218 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 111 | #219 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 107 | #196 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 84 | #218 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 66 | #251 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 78 | #213 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 64 | #226 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 50 | #245 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 46 | #234 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 50 | #218 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Teresa reached #1,067 in 1963. As a girl name, it reached #18 in 1961. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1960s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Teresa
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.