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Tess

Pronounced /tɛs/

Rank in 2024
#1,772
Born in 2024
113
Peak year
1992 · #465
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 113 girls were named Tess, about 1 in every 14,276.
  • It peaked in 1992 with 529 babies, ranked #465.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1889.
  • 14,653 girls have been named Tess since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Tess per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.2
    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 346 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 77 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 214 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 687 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 4,936 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,215 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,123 babies, 0.10 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

==== Proper noun ==== Tess A diminutive of the female given name Teresa. ===== Derived terms =====

  • A diminutive of the female given name Teresa.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/tɛs/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Tess, CC BY-SA 4.0.