Tess
Girl · TESS · Greek
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Tess is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,460th for girls in the UK (22 babies) and 1,777th for girls in the US (113 babies).
What does Tess mean?
Greek: short form of Teresa
A short form of Teresa, borne by the heroine of Thomas Hardy's 1891 novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
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Is Tess a girl's or a boy's name?
Tess is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the UK and 113 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tess in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,460among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the UK were named Tess, making it the 1,460th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,089th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 112 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tess in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales and 154th in Northern Ireland.
Tess in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #1,460 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,592 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,150 |
| 2021 | 31 | #1,162 |
| 2020 | 33 | #1,089 |
| 2019 | 48 | #839 |
| 2018 | 43 | #923 |
| 2017 | 46 | #897 |
| 2016 | 64 | #707 |
| 2015 | 75 | #619 |
| 2014 | 67 | #655 |
| 2013 | 76 | #593 |
| 2012 | 78 | #597 |
| 2011 | 92 | #508 |
| 2010 | 102 | #461 |
| 2009 | 112 | #428 |
| 2008 | 86 | #504 |
| 2007 | 73 | #558 |
| 2006 | 104 | #428 |
| 2005 | 101 | #420 |
| 2004 | 90 | #441 |
| 2003 | 63 | #548 |
| 2002 | 73 | #473 |
| 2001 | 61 | #528 |
| 2000 | 68 | #485 |
| 1999 | 36 | #722 |
| 1998 | 39 | #695 |
| 1997 | 39 | #707 |
| 1996 | 41 | #644 |
How popular is Tess in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,777among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 113about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 113 girls in the US were named Tess, making it the 1,777th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,276th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 529 girls. It first appears in the records in 1889.
Half of all the girls named Tess in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tess in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | #1,777 |
| 2024 | 115 | #1,753 |
| 2023 | 117 | #1,750 |
| 2022 | 107 | #1,885 |
| 2021 | 142 | #1,491 |
| 2020 | 175 | #1,276 |
| 2019 | 158 | #1,415 |
| 2018 | 176 | #1,292 |
| 2017 | 203 | #1,198 |
| 2016 | 217 | #1,158 |
| 2015 | 229 | #1,118 |
| 2014 | 235 | #1,089 |
| 2013 | 251 | #996 |
| 2012 | 255 | #988 |
| 2011 | 283 | #918 |
| 2010 | 338 | #808 |
| 2009 | 342 | #824 |
| 2008 | 322 | #866 |
| 2007 | 311 | #892 |
| 2006 | 385 | #730 |
| 2005 | 461 | #613 |
| 2004 | 424 | #646 |
| 2003 | 494 | #562 |
| 2002 | 417 | #614 |
| 2001 | 393 | #642 |
| 2000 | 475 | #549 |
| 1999 | 437 | #573 |
| 1998 | 430 | #570 |
| 1997 | 448 | #531 |
| 1996 | 409 | #567 |
| 1995 | 435 | #547 |
| 1994 | 478 | #522 |
| 1993 | 524 | #480 |
| 1992 | 529 | #465 |
| 1991 | 465 | #507 |
| 1990 | 404 | #573 |
| 1989 | 270 | #729 |
| 1988 | 183 | #923 |
| 1987 | 185 | #900 |
| 1986 | 194 | #854 |
| 1985 | 218 | #776 |
| 1984 | 216 | #750 |
| 1983 | 191 | #811 |
| 1982 | 133 | #1,074 |
| 1981 | 104 | #1,248 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,859 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,210 |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,456 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,556 |
| 1973 | 40 | #2,019 |
| 1972 | 49 | #1,771 |
| 1971 | 80 | #1,336 |
| 1970 | 94 | #1,201 |
| 1969 | 92 | #1,162 |
| 1968 | 79 | #1,231 |
| 1967 | 50 | #1,598 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,147 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,751 |
| 1963 | 27 | #2,305 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,813 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,511 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,868 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,378 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,838 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,157 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,858 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,890 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,408 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,916 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,291 |
| 1921 | 19 | #2,048 |
| 1920 | 19 | #2,015 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,445 |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,028 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,847 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,533 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,254 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,603 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,718 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,450 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,152 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,676 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,289 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 13 | #1,057 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,170 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,170 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,098 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,171 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,094 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,146 |
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