Teresita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- teh-reh-SEE-tah
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Teresita is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Teresita mean?
Greek: Spanish pet form of Teresa, a name of uncertain origin
Teresa was made famous by Saint Teresa of Avila, the 16th-century Spanish mystic.
Is Teresita a girl's or a boy's name?
Teresita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Teresita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Teresita, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 1962, with 80 girls. It first appears in the records in 1891.
2025 had fewer girls named Teresita than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Teresita in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Teresita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,726 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,221 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,927 |
| 1994 | 46 | #2,656 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,985 |
| 1992 | 48 | #2,571 |
| 1991 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 1990 | 47 | #2,518 |
| 1989 | 41 | #2,708 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 33 | #2,913 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,275 |
| 1985 | 37 | #2,600 |
| 1984 | 33 | #2,729 |
| 1983 | 43 | #2,235 |
| 1982 | 49 | #2,082 |
| 1981 | 36 | #2,563 |
| 1980 | 46 | #2,189 |
| 1979 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,841 |
| 1977 | 50 | #1,952 |
| 1976 | 61 | #1,619 |
| 1975 | 63 | #1,571 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,733 |
| 1973 | 32 | #2,349 |
| 1972 | 52 | #1,698 |
| 1971 | 55 | #1,665 |
| 1970 | 68 | #1,474 |
| 1969 | 65 | #1,453 |
| 1968 | 55 | #1,539 |
| 1967 | 63 | #1,382 |
| 1966 | 54 | #1,515 |
| 1965 | 68 | #1,323 |
| 1964 | 77 | #1,254 |
| 1963 | 68 | #1,340 |
| 1962 | 80 | #1,230 |
| 1961 | 54 | #1,532 |
| 1960 | 66 | #1,353 |
| 1959 | 47 | #1,584 |
| 1958 | 37 | #1,790 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,841 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,896 |
| 1955 | 54 | #1,360 |
| 1954 | 37 | #1,676 |
| 1953 | 54 | #1,317 |
| 1952 | 36 | #1,610 |
| 1951 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1950 | 32 | #1,652 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,626 |
| 1948 | 34 | #1,597 |
| 1947 | 34 | #1,632 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,918 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,236 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,741 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,980 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,018 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,038 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1937 | 15 | #2,101 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,032 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,606 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,023 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,874 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,554 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,193 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,551 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,473 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,777 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,711 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,485 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,592 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
Nicknames for Teresita
- Tere
- Teresa 23 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Teresita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Angela, Melissa, Veronica, Angelica, Cassandra, Christina, Alexandra, Andrea, Maria, Diana, Alicia, Rebecca
Names related to Teresita
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from 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, “Teresita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/teresita, updated 20 October 2026.