Tereza
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TEH-reh-zah
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Tereza is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Tereza mean?
Greek: Czech and Slovak form of Teresa, of uncertain, possibly Greek, root
Czech and Slovak form of Teresa, the name of the 16th-century Spanish mystic Saint Teresa of Ávila.
Is Tereza a girl's or a boy's name?
Tereza is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tereza in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tereza in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tereza in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Tereza in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Tereza, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1929.
2025 had fewer girls named Tereza than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Tereza in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tereza in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,813 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
Names like Tereza
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophia Ariana Lara Athena Sienna Fatima Amara Elena Selena Aisha Thea Tabitha
Names related to Tereza
More Greek names
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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, “Tereza: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tereza, updated 20 October 2026.