Theresa

Boy · recorded 1895–1991

  • 1991last recorded
  • 1895best year

Most popular in 1895.

Last recorded in 1991. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1895

0224318951919194319671991

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 79 recorded years as a table
Theresa, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189543
190033
190638
191041
191122
19158
19168
19206
19215
19227
192312
192410
192512
192614
192720
192815
192916
193016
193120
193222
193315
193420
193515
193610
19379
193815
19398
194014
19418
19424
19436
19445
19455
194610
19477
19487
19496
19504
19516
19526
19537
19547
195510
195610
195712
195812
195914
196017
196115
196216
196320
196413
196512
196617
196718
196811
196914
197015
197115
197215
19736
19747
197513
19768
19779
197811
19796
19807
19817
19826
19836
19848
198511
19864
19875
19884
19896
19905
19912

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Theresa isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1991
5
Rank in 1991
#8,236
How rare
1 in 404,065 boys
Since 1895
1,218

Theresa was last recorded in 1991. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1895, at 43 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Theresa doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.