Teresa

What Teresa means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Teresa yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #664 in 2015 to #908 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Teresa?

US: Falling: down from #664 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #1279 in 2015, #1362 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1962, when 18,517 girls got the name (#18 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 5,523 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 11,012 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in IL (0.45 per 1,000 girls), IA (0.42 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.33 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Teresa is #908 in the US and #1362 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Teresa were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Tereza6 US
• Teressa5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Theresa

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Teresa

Girls

• Veronica#427Form of Berenice, meaning “bringer of victory”^*
• Cassandra#630Editor’s note Down from #512 in 2015 to #630 in 2025 in the US
• Melissa#419“bee, honey, or honeybee”^*
• Christina#770Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 16,600 babies; 352 in 2025
• Nicole#382Form of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”^*
• Sara#198Variant of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”^*

For a brother

• Stephen#383“crown, wreath”^*
• Timothy#203“to honour + god”^*
• Phillip#651Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 6,047 babies; 425 in 2025
• Gregory#593“watchful, vigilant”^*
• Dennis#707“follower of (the wine god) Dionysus”^*
• Steven#271“crown, wreath”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Greek, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Teresa’s. Rank is US 2025.