Teresa
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning to harvest; the harvester.
Babies a year
395
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#911
down from #871
UK popularity
#1362
23 babies
How Teresa has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #666 |
| 2016 | #671 |
| 2017 | #724 |
| 2018 | #790 |
| 2019 | #797 |
| 2020 | #745 |
| 2021 | #819 |
| 2022 | #871 |
| 2023 | #844 |
| 2024 | #871 |
| 2025 | #911 |
Teresa by the numbers
In 2025, 23 babies in England and Wales were named Teresa. In the US, 395 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 18,904 babies in 1961, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1960, about 1 in 110 American girls born that year was called Teresa.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Teresa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Theresato harvest, summer; the reaper219 in the US (2017)
- Terezato harvest or gather in; a form of Teresa8 in the US (2017)
- Tresathe harvester; a form of Theresa6 in the US (2017)
- Teresesummer; late harvest; a form of theresa
- Teressasummer; late harvest; a form of theresa
- Tessaharvester; a form of Theresa1,283 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Teresa
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