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Theresa
Rank in 2024
#1,493
Born in 2024
145
Peak year
1961 · #35
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 145 girls were named Theresa, about 1 in every 11,125.
- It peaked in 1961 with 11,959 babies, ranked #35.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 404,471 girls have been named Theresa since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Theresa per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 2.5Greatest1901–27
- 2.9Silent1928–45
- 4.6Boomers1946–64
- 3.3Gen X1965–80
- 1.0Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 50,353 babies, 2.46 per 1,000. Silent: 59,741 babies, 2.89 per 1,000. Boomers: 165,301 babies, 4.62 per 1,000. Gen X: 83,656 babies, 3.27 per 1,000. Millennials: 27,714 babies, 0.98 per 1,000. Gen Z: 7,622 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,190 babies, 0.11 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
First used in Spain, supposedly derived from Latin Thēra, from Ancient Greek Θήρᾱ (Thḗrā), name of a city in Santorini, Greece.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Teresa.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Theresa, CC BY-SA 4.0.