Theresa

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #1,548in 2025
  • 1 in 11,818girls in 2025
  • −28%last ten years
  • 2.6×in Pennsylvania

Most popular in 1961. Quieter now: down 28% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

02,9635,92518801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Theresa, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18801,681
18811,881
18821,576
18832,146
18841,860
18851,744
18861,910
18871,945
18882,111
18892,013
18902,106
18911,995
18921,964
18932,203
18942,171
18952,204
18961,971
18972,276
18982,087
18992,283
19002,198
19012,315
19022,079
19032,111
19042,037
19052,051
19062,266
19072,304
19082,378
19092,085
19102,335
19112,197
19122,272
19132,246
19142,356
19152,347
19162,248
19172,303
19182,169
19192,106
19202,025
19212,119
19222,117
19232,167
19242,419
19252,887
19263,718
19274,301
19284,621
19294,539
19304,248
19313,789
19323,573
19333,240
19343,057
19352,730
19362,651
19372,539
19382,504
19392,381
19402,135
19412,214
19422,072
19432,099
19442,122
19452,215
19462,345
19472,476
19483,272
19493,275
19503,285
19513,437
19523,672
19534,101
19544,382
19554,920
19565,400
19575,471
19585,693
19595,760
19605,859
19615,925
19625,624
19635,727
19645,571
19655,487
19665,141
19674,909
19684,454
19694,065
19703,667
19713,273
19723,003
19732,865
19742,628
19752,477
19762,166
19771,901
19781,907
19791,866
19801,762
19811,764
19821,626
19831,446
19841,370
19851,234
19861,154
19871,000
1988931
1989839
1990790
1991779
1992671
1993641
1994595
1995539
1996504
1997490
1998445
1999395
2000374
2001334
2002296
2003270
2004223
2005238
2006207
2007197
2008181
2009154
2010159
2011121
2012132
2013113
2014127
2015118
2016119
2017127
2018132
2019110
202097
202191
202290
202377
202490
202585

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Pennsylvania 2.6×
  2. New York 1.9×
  3. California 0.9×
  4. Texas 0.7×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
136
Rank in 2025
#1,548
How rare
1 in 11,818 girls
Since 1880
404,613

Most popular in 1961, at 5,925 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 28% per million girls born.

Top 4 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Pennsylvania2.6×30
New York1.9×37
California0.9×37
Texas0.7×27

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.