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Tressa

Gender
Girl
Say it
TRESS-uh
Origin
Greek
US rank, 2025
#13,203 for girls

Tressa is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).

What does Tressa mean?

Greek: short form of Teresa; ultimate origin uncertain

A short form of Teresa, whose origin is uncertain but may be Greek.

Is Tressa a girl's or a boy's name?

Tressa 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 Tressa in the US?

Rank in 2025
13,203rd among girls
Babies in 2025
6 about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Tressa, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 1971, with 193 girls.

Half of all the girls named Tressa in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 193 in 19712025
Tressa in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256#13,203
20245#15,288
20238#11,164
20228#11,225
20216#13,459
202014#7,554
201920#5,982
20189#10,540
201712#8,772
201615#7,599
201524#5,456
201417#6,985
201332#4,420
201232#4,484
201134#4,243
201026#5,245
200933#4,481
200835#4,359
200735#4,298
200648#3,367
200553#3,005
200453#2,961
200348#3,082
200257#2,670
200172#2,232
200075#2,137
199956#2,524
199864#2,218
199768#2,067
199679#1,838
199570#1,950
199483#1,752
199392#1,637
199279#1,814
199180#1,773
199095#1,582
198961#2,049
198869#1,800
198771#1,698
198682#1,505
198570#1,665
198478#1,475
198371#1,565
198286#1,417
198194#1,328
198093#1,351
1979107#1,210
1978118#1,104
1977125#1,052
1976117#1,047
1975153#873
1974153#855
1973148#870
1972150#862
1971193#757
1970186#770
1969177#757
1968101#1,031
1967106#990
1966119#927
196597#1,063
1964104#1,066
196376#1,262
196285#1,192
196197#1,116
196072#1,293
195971#1,272
195877#1,210
195743#1,640
195659#1,350
195538#1,666
195435#1,738
195331#1,782
195240#1,522
195145#1,395
195025#1,910
194927#1,844
194823#2,007
194728#1,821
194626#1,770
194519#1,940
194420#1,915
194319#1,993
194219#1,980
194116#2,095
194022#1,682
193926#1,474
193821#1,703
193725#1,493
193615#2,032
193518#1,845
193421#1,651
193322#1,606
193219#1,816
193126#1,458
193018#1,933
192919#1,891
192826#1,588
192730#1,485
192630#1,482
192537#1,296
192446#1,151
192354#1,027
192245#1,144
192152#1,045
192046#1,103
191957#933
191850#1,018
191752#964
191646#1,013
191549#944
191439#942
191329#1,003
191227#978
191121#958
191019#997
190920#909
190832#678
190726#739
190624#742
190529#656
190418#853
190322#712
190221#756
190120#723
190021#803
189921#680
189822#697
189727#584
189633#514
189521#685
189424#597
189315#767
189222#590
189117#644
189017#642
188919#589
188815#663
188714#608
18868#828
188515#557
188410#686
18838#692
188210#596
18816#740
18807#679

Nicknames for Tressa

Names like Tressa

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Rosa, Laura, Anna, Lena, Teresa, Alma, Cora, Sara, Katherine, Nina, Lola, Angela

Names related to Tressa

Teressa, Tressie, Tyresha, Tresa

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe

Every Greek name

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, “Tressa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tressa, updated 20 October 2026.