Tresa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TRESS-uh
- Origin
- Greek
Tresa is a girls' name of Greek origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tresa mean?
Greek: short form of Teresa; ultimate origin uncertain
A short variant of Teresa; compare the Irish form Treasa.
Is Tresa a girl's or a boy's name?
Tresa is a girls' name.
How popular is Tresa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1966, with 206 girls. It first appears in the records in 1886.
Half of all the girls named Tresa in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tresa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,778 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,526 |
| 1983 | 34 | #2,594 |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,704 |
| 1981 | 46 | #2,195 |
| 1980 | 39 | #2,440 |
| 1979 | 39 | #2,387 |
| 1978 | 62 | #1,690 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,736 |
| 1976 | 60 | #1,638 |
| 1975 | 75 | #1,404 |
| 1974 | 81 | #1,315 |
| 1973 | 109 | #1,058 |
| 1972 | 145 | #877 |
| 1971 | 192 | #764 |
| 1970 | 174 | #801 |
| 1969 | 168 | #795 |
| 1968 | 164 | #782 |
| 1967 | 180 | #730 |
| 1966 | 206 | #679 |
| 1965 | 200 | #695 |
| 1964 | 177 | #776 |
| 1963 | 181 | #764 |
| 1962 | 188 | #759 |
| 1961 | 192 | #750 |
| 1960 | 175 | #769 |
| 1959 | 144 | #851 |
| 1958 | 109 | #993 |
| 1957 | 92 | #1,089 |
| 1956 | 96 | #1,042 |
| 1955 | 81 | #1,105 |
| 1954 | 79 | #1,107 |
| 1953 | 49 | #1,388 |
| 1952 | 65 | #1,177 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,414 |
| 1950 | 44 | #1,374 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,563 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,472 |
| 1947 | 35 | #1,601 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,807 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,873 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,078 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,213 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,569 |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,691 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,845 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,288 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,036 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,424 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,432 |
| 1926 | 17 | #2,164 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,118 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,408 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,944 |
| 1922 | 19 | #2,027 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,723 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,590 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,855 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,887 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,847 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,408 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,383 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,740 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,230 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,263 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 6 | #993 |
Names like Tresa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teresa, Angela, Paula, Sandra, Laura, Rosa, Maria, Rita, Regina, Linda, Veronica, Melissa
Names related to Tresa
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, “Tresa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tresa, updated 20 October 2026.