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Teresa

Gender
Girl
Say it
teh-REE-za
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#1,416 for girls
US rank, 2025
#908 for girls

Teresa is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,416th for girls in the UK (23 babies) and 908th for girls in the US (291 babies).

What does Teresa mean?

Greek: possibly Greek, first recorded in Spain and Portugal

Spread by St Teresa of Avila, the 16th-century Spanish mystic; Mother Teresa took her name from St Therese of Lisieux.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Teresa a girl's or a boy's name?

Teresa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the UK and 291 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Teresa in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,416th among girls
Babies in 2025
23 about 1 in 12,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 1% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 23 girls in the UK were named Teresa, making it the 1,416th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st. Its busiest year was 1996, with 50 girls.

Half of all the girls named Teresa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 44 girls in the UK were given Teresa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #796, up from #1,416 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,362nd in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1934 (#82), 1944 (#83), 1954 (#54), 1964 (#58) and 1974 (#74).

1996Busiest: 50 in 19962025
Teresa in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202523#1,416
202422#1,494
202326#1,322
202222#1,485
202125#1,353
202023#1,431
201925#1,368
201824#1,420
201732#1,150
201633#1,133
201527#1,317
201424#1,418
201331#1,188
201241#959
201124#1,379
201032#1,112
200931#1,093
200825#1,258
200723#1,286
200617#1,545
200524#1,128
200436#834
200320#1,216
200228#904
200132#819
200037#715
199942#662
199833#775
199742#670
199650#556

How popular is Teresa in the US?

Rank in 2025
908th among girls
Babies in 2025
291 about 1 in 5,500 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 13% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 291 girls in the US were named Teresa, making it the 908th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 745th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 18,909 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Teresa than any year since 1911.

Half of all the girls named Teresa in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 432 girls in the US were given Teresa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #665, up from #908 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 18,909 in 19612025
Teresa in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025291#908
2024314#860
2023322#843
2022320#867
2021342#815
2020366#745
2019349#794
2018347#786
2017397#722
2016437#668
2015429#664
2014391#716
2013437#647
2012472#607
2011544#533
2010412#692
2009453#653
2008534#578
2007563#546
2006566#533
2005672#453
2004747#407
2003704#427
2002787#376
2001830#357
2000899#343
1999975#317
1998981#309
19971,077#270
19961,070#270
19951,044#262
19941,098#255
19931,233#226
19921,371#207
19911,490#201
19901,613#179
19891,534#184
19881,633#172
19871,781#154
19862,011#139
19852,210#132
19842,387#117
19832,702#103
19822,883#102
19813,121#97
19803,149#94
19793,481#87
19783,472#88
19773,654#79
19764,056#66
19754,640#61
19745,397#52
19735,986#45
19727,176#39
19718,563#34
19709,612#34
196910,357#32
196810,912#30
196712,272#28
196613,024#29
196514,578#24
196416,420#21
196317,965#18
196218,517#18
196118,909#18
196018,839#19
195917,400#24
195815,602#26
195715,687#24
195614,464#24
195513,126#26
195410,841#34
19538,932#42
19527,294#52
19516,213#63
19504,724#81
19494,328#82
19484,217#82
19472,809#121
19461,834#148
19451,339#171
19441,204#180
19431,194#186
19421,002#202
1941716#241
1940686#244
1939649#245
1938695#236
1937661#242
1936675#239
1935715#234
1934706#238
1933753#223
1932855#211
1931947#191
1930992#194
19291,021#192
19281,212#172
19271,211#174
19261,159#180
1925955#206
1924786#233
1923724#243
1922701#244
1921738#245
1920720#243
1919706#239
1918674#247
1917673#241
1916662#242
1915686#229
1914524#235
1913424#236
1912344#242
1911281#233
1910220#257
1909215#241
1908233#225
1907191#247
1906198#222
1905178#238
1904179#230
1903174#228
1902153#252
1901164#224
1900204#219
1899162#215
1898217#199
1897159#215
1896209#192
1895167#207
1894157#213
1893132#229
1892143#214
1891131#204
1890110#232
1889113#217
1888111#219
1887107#196
188684#217
188566#249
188478#213
188364#225
188250#244
188146#231
188050#215

Nicknames for Teresa

Names like Teresa

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Maria, Melissa, Angela, Georgina, Christina, Cassandra, Rebecca, Helena, Jessica, Tamara, Anna, Rosa

Other spellings of Teresa

Theresa, Teressa

Names related to Teresa

Tereza, Therese, Terese, Tresa

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe

Every Greek name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Teresa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/teresa, updated 20 October 2026.