Teressa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- teh-REE-za
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Teressa is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Teressa mean?
Greek: spelling of Teresa; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Teresa. More on Wiktionary.
Is Teressa a girl's or a boy's name?
Teressa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Teressa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 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, 5 girls in the US were named Teressa, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 266 girls.
Half of all the girls named Teressa in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1973, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 432 girls in the US were given Teressa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #665, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
Teressa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,845 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 1993 | 38 | #3,047 |
| 1992 | 49 | #2,543 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,431 |
| 1989 | 44 | #2,567 |
| 1988 | 40 | #2,641 |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,655 |
| 1986 | 42 | #2,383 |
| 1985 | 49 | #2,136 |
| 1984 | 44 | #2,226 |
| 1983 | 59 | #1,797 |
| 1982 | 61 | #1,786 |
| 1981 | 70 | #1,641 |
| 1980 | 63 | #1,749 |
| 1979 | 73 | #1,569 |
| 1978 | 80 | #1,434 |
| 1977 | 61 | #1,701 |
| 1976 | 80 | #1,343 |
| 1975 | 92 | #1,241 |
| 1974 | 101 | #1,143 |
| 1973 | 112 | #1,038 |
| 1972 | 138 | #904 |
| 1971 | 160 | #851 |
| 1970 | 183 | #775 |
| 1969 | 173 | #774 |
| 1968 | 196 | #691 |
| 1967 | 216 | #653 |
| 1966 | 202 | #686 |
| 1965 | 216 | #669 |
| 1964 | 238 | #662 |
| 1963 | 226 | #670 |
| 1962 | 250 | #638 |
| 1961 | 246 | #653 |
| 1960 | 266 | #617 |
| 1959 | 212 | #688 |
| 1958 | 220 | #666 |
| 1957 | 211 | #679 |
| 1956 | 182 | #710 |
| 1955 | 182 | #695 |
| 1954 | 147 | #772 |
| 1953 | 115 | #873 |
| 1952 | 87 | #1,007 |
| 1951 | 68 | #1,132 |
| 1950 | 56 | #1,233 |
| 1949 | 63 | #1,143 |
| 1948 | 55 | #1,222 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,660 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,152 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,794 |
| 1944 | 16 | #2,198 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,340 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,157 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,689 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,586 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,193 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,051 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,957 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,378 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,263 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,063 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,101 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,142 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,792 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,935 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,289 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,263 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #836 |
Nicknames for Teressa
Names like Teressa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Angela, Melissa, Christina, Rebecca, Veronica, Cynthia, Maria, Regina, Cassandra, Monica, Melinda, Barbara
Other spellings of Teressa
Names related to Teressa
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, “Teressa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/teressa, updated 20 October 2026.