Theresa Name Popularity

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How popular is Theresa?

The uncommon name Theresa was the 1,106th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

Theresa, although not presently in the top 1000, did once enjoy higher rankings.

Position 32, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1956.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1961 with 11,965 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Theresa in any given year was 153 in 1880.

Theresa, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1885-1888, 1896-1900, 1903-1906, 1909-1915, 1920-1927, 1945-1948, and 1949-1958, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1930-1935, 1961-1977, 1980-1995, 1996-2004, and 2005-2011.

Where is the name Theresa popularity headed?

Theresa's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The popularity trend for Theresa has been spiralling downward for a while. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Theresa has risen.

The name Theresa is used by only a select few but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Theresa is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Theresa (Girl)		Theresa (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		221	1,106	< 5	--
2017		219	1,132	< 5	--
2016		209	1,192	< 5	--
2015		210	1,193	< 5	--
2014		225	1,126	< 5	--
2013		198	1,214	< 5	--
2012		232	1,074	< 5	--
2011		213	1,152	< 5	--
2010		280	926	< 5	--
2009		282	947	< 5	--
2008		341	832	< 5	--
2007		378	770	< 5	--
2006		394	717	< 5	--
2005		439	637	< 5	--
2004		410	671	< 5	--
2003		493	567	< 5	--
2002		532	516	< 5	--
2001		601	462	< 5	--
2000		679	418	< 5	--
1999		701	400	< 5	--
1998		787	365	< 5	--
1997		852	336	< 5	--
1996		883	318	< 5	--
1995		947	293	< 5	--
1994		1,063	263	< 5	--
1993		1,158	242	< 5	--
1992		1,238	226	< 5	--
1991		1,460	206	5	9,499
1990		1,499	196	10	5,336
1989		1,544	180	12	4,498
1988		1,657	171	8	5,697
1987		1,743	159	9	4,919
1986		1,978	144	8	5,284
1985		2,121	136	21	2,491
1984		2,307	121	14	3,254
1983		2,416	122	11	3,848
1982		2,751	109	10	4,206
1981		2,943	99	13	3,392
1980		2,925	103	12	3,593
1979		2,995	100	10	4,045
1978		2,921	101	18	2,559
1977		2,915	98	14	3,033
1976		3,176	89	13	3,077
1975		3,611	78	20	2,276
1974		3,856	79	11	3,302
1973		4,179	69	10	3,430
1972		4,570	68	24	1,866
1971		5,447	61	27	1,743
1970		6,412	53	27	1,695
1969		6,857	49	25	1,674
1968		7,303	47	19	1,891
1967		8,105	43	31	1,384
1966		8,700	46	30	1,423
1965		9,683	45	22	1,716
1964		10,562	38	26	1,576
1963		11,039	38	41	1,226
1962		11,056	40	33	1,382
1961		11,965	35	31	1,460
1960		11,846	35	36	1,336
1959		11,645	34	30	1,464
1958		11,455	33	26	1,553
1957		11,178	36	25	1,630
1956		10,845	32	22	1,718
1955		9,619	38	20	1,786
1954		8,509	47	14	2,203
1953		7,717	50	13	2,277
1952		6,810	60	12	2,367
1951		6,193	64	12	2,361
1950		5,628	65	7	3,293
1949		5,604	63	11	2,446
1948		5,555	62	12	2,312
1947		4,391	85	12	2,350
1946		3,684	95	16	1,880
1945		2,896	96	7	2,974
1944		2,817	96	7	3,083
1943		2,929	100	9	2,717
1942		2,799	98	5	3,996
1941		2,674	95	10	2,476
1940		2,441	102	16	1,796
1939		2,612	93	9	2,599
1938		2,763	92	17	1,734
1937		2,702	95	10	2,470
1936		2,757	88	10	2,439
1935		2,864	86	16	1,825
1934		3,192	77	21	1,547
1933		3,266	70	15	1,896
1932		3,815	60	23	1,503
1931		4,032	59	21	1,585
1930		4,781	50	18	1,812
1929		5,068	49	17	1,921
1928		5,332	49	17	1,955
1927		5,128	52	23	1,637
1926		4,406	64	15	2,176
1925		3,516	80	13	2,422
1924		3,021	96	11	2,807
1923		2,614	105	13	2,431
1922		2,543	109	8	3,506
1921		2,613	107	6	4,276
1920		2,426	108	6	4,236
1919		2,380	102	< 5	--
1918		2,511	101	< 5	--
1917		2,490	97	< 5	--
1916		2,348	98	7	3,478
1915		2,309	93	7	3,363
1914		1,794	93	< 5	--
1913		1,403	97	< 5	--
1912		1,268	97	< 5	--
1911		919	100	5	1,972
1910		926	96	8	1,298
1909		724	106	< 5	--
1908		795	94	< 5	--
1907		734	99	< 5	--
1906		669	99	5	1,399
1905		598	108	< 5	--
1904		561	108	< 5	--
1903		553	102	< 5	--
1902		549	109	< 5	--
1901		554	94	< 5	--
1900		659	102	5	1,486
1899		532	101	< 5	--
1898		540	107	< 5	--
1897		533	100	< 5	--
1896		469	108	< 5	--
1895		515	103	5	1,224
1894		484	101	< 5	--
1893		469	101	< 5	--
1892		417	107	< 5	--
1891		370	107	< 5	--
1890		401	101	< 5	--
1889		359	106	< 5	--
1888		377	101	< 5	--
1887		284	108	< 5	--
1886		276	112	< 5	--
1885		232	114	< 5	--
1884		240	112	< 5	--
1883		241	104	< 5	--
1882		170	121	< 5	--
1881		173	108	< 5	--
1880		153	112	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.