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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 NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. 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.