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Tessa Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Tessa?

The somewhat popular name Tessa was the 245th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

This top 250 contender has seen rankings outside of the top 1000.

Its highest popularity ranking of #190 was reached in 2007 with 1,753 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Tessa was less than 5, most recently in 1942.

Tessa, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1942-1945, 1956-1964, 1968-1973, 1975-1983, 1987-1991, and 1994-1997, whereas 1947-1951 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Tessa has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Where is the name Tessa popularity headed?

Tessa's popularity is at a high point when measured against its most notable year.

For a number of years, the name Tessa has remained mostly unchanged in popularity. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Tessa lately has remained about the same.

The name Tessa is favored by many parents and will probably continue to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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   Tessa (Girl)Tessa (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 1,315 245 < 5 --
2017 1,291 245 < 5 --
2016 1,389 229 < 5 --
2015 1,557 209 < 5 --
2014 1,520 222 < 5 --
2013 1,321 243 < 5 --
2012 1,364 234 < 5 --
2011 1,391 228 < 5 --
2010 1,425 221 < 5 --
2009 1,568 207 < 5 --
2008 1,655 203 < 5 --
2007 1,753 190 < 5 --
2006 1,352 251 < 5 --
2005 1,223 269 < 5 --
2004 1,183 276 8 8,832
2003 1,113 280 < 5 --
2002 1,063 294 < 5 --
2001 1,046 302 < 5 --
2000 1,210 266 < 5 --
1999 1,248 251 < 5 --
1998 1,376 225 < 5 --
1997 1,358 218 < 5 --
1996 1,254 226 < 5 --
1995 1,119 253 < 5 --
1994 1,158 241 < 5 --
1993 1,258 218 < 5 --
1992 1,164 237 < 5 --
1991 1,150 241 < 5 --
1990 955 290 < 5 --
1989 694 370 < 5 --
1988 587 408 < 5 --
1987 566 402 < 5 --
1986 619 376 < 5 --
1985 683 344 < 5 --
1984 776 307 5 7,221
1983 816 289 < 5 --
1982 649 359 < 5 --
1981 571 396 < 5 --
1980 361 526 < 5 --
1979 437 463 < 5 --
1978 441 451 < 5 --
1977 262 637 < 5 --
1976 341 522 < 5 --
1975 289 575 < 5 --
1974 285 565 < 5 --
1973 309 542 < 5 --
1972 209 697 < 5 --
1971 215 709 < 5 --
1970 179 786 < 5 --
1969 144 875 < 5 --
1968 115 971 < 5 --
1967 96 1,065 < 5 --
1966 118 937 < 5 --
1965 107 1,012 < 5 --
1964 141 876 < 5 --
1963 43 1,784 < 5 --
1962 31 2,158 < 5 --
1961 47 1,665 < 5 --
1960 24 2,507 < 5 --
1959 34 1,943 < 5 --
1958 15 3,217 < 5 --
1957 13 3,469 < 5 --
1956 7 5,270 < 5 --
1955 20 2,542 < 5 --
1954 11 3,692 < 5 --
1953 17 2,693 < 5 --
1952 16 2,791 < 5 --
1951 14 2,923 < 5 --
1950 17 2,522 < 5 --
1949 23 2,062 < 5 --
1948 22 2,122 < 5 --
1947 32 1,720 < 5 --
1946 30 1,644 < 5 --
1945 36 1,353 < 5 --
1944 31 1,483 < 5 --
1943 9 3,468 < 5 --
1942 < 5 -- < 5 --
1941 < 5 -- < 5 --
1940 < 5 -- < 5 --
1939 5 4,884 < 5 --
1938 6 4,300 < 5 --
1937 < 5 -- < 5 --
1936 < 5 -- < 5 --
1935 < 5 -- < 5 --
1934 < 5 -- < 5 --
1933 < 5 -- < 5 --
1932 < 5 -- < 5 --
1931 < 5 -- < 5 --
1930 < 5 -- < 5 --
1929 5 5,206 < 5 --
1928 < 5 -- < 5 --
1927 < 5 -- < 5 --
1926 < 5 -- < 5 --
1925 < 5 -- < 5 --
1924 5 5,809 < 5 --
1923 7 4,335 < 5 --
1922 8 3,973 < 5 --
1921 7 4,409 < 5 --
1920 5 5,674 < 5 --
1919 < 5 -- < 5 --
1918 11 3,006 < 5 --
1917 < 5 -- < 5 --
1916 5 5,081 < 5 --
1915 7 3,759 < 5 --
1914 < 5 -- < 5 --
1913 < 5 -- < 5 --
1912 < 5 -- < 5 --
1911 < 5 -- < 5 --
1910 < 5 -- < 5 --
1909 < 5 -- < 5 --
1908 < 5 -- < 5 --
1907 < 5 -- < 5 --
1906 < 5 -- < 5 --
1905 < 5 -- < 5 --
1904 5 2,142 < 5 --
1903 < 5 -- < 5 --
1902 < 5 -- < 5 --
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
1900 5 2,195 < 5 --
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 < 5 -- < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- < 5 --
1896 < 5 -- < 5 --
1895 5 1,789 < 5 --
1894 5 1,686 < 5 --
1893 7 1,271 < 5 --
1892 8 1,162 < 5 --
1891 6 1,321 < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 < 5 -- < 5 --
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
1887 < 5 -- < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 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.