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Teresa
Pronounced /təˈɹiː.sə/
Rank in 2024
#867
Born in 2024
310
Peak year
1961 · #18
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 310 girls were named Teresa, about 1 in every 5,204.
- It peaked in 1961 with 18,909 babies, ranked #18.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 415,746 girls have been named Teresa since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Teresa per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.7Greatest1901–27
- 0.8Silent1928–45
- 6.1Boomers1946–64
- 4.7Gen X1965–80
- 1.0Millennials1981–96
- 0.4Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 13,873 babies, 0.68 per 1,000. Silent: 16,023 babies, 0.78 per 1,000. Boomers: 218,121 babies, 6.09 per 1,000. Gen X: 120,328 babies, 4.71 per 1,000. Millennials: 29,181 babies, 1.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 11,215 babies, 0.39 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,445 babies, 0.22 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
First recorded as the name of a fourth-century Spanish saint. Of obscure origin; suggestions include Therasia or Thera, ancient name of the Greek island Thira.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek, the Spanish and Italian form of Theresa.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /təˈɹiː.sə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Teresa, CC BY-SA 4.0.