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Tessa
Pronounced /ˈtɛsə/
Rank in 2024
#303
Born in 2024
1,034
Peak year
2007 · #190
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,034 girls were named Tessa, about 1 in every 1,560.
- It peaked in 2007 with 1,753 babies, ranked #190.
- It first shows up in the records in 1891.
- 54,936 girls have been named Tessa since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Tessa per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- 0.5Millennials1981–96
- 0.7Gen Z1997–12
- 0.7Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 60 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 92 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 557 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,912 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Millennials: 14,022 babies, 0.50 per 1,000. Gen Z: 21,342 babies, 0.73 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 14,915 babies, 0.73 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Contraction of Teresa.
- A diminutive of the female given name Teresa, from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈtɛsə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Tessa, CC BY-SA 4.0.