Tersa

Girl · recorded 1953–1982

  • 1982last recorded
  • 1969best year

Most popular in 1969.

Last recorded in 1982. Fewer than five girls 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 1953

061119531960196819751982

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 23 recorded years as a table
Tersa, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19534
19575
19583
19594
19603
19615
19625
19638
19644
19658
19668
19676
19685
196911
19706
19718
19726
19734
19745
19755
19768
19783
19823

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Tersa 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 1982
5
Rank in 1982
#10,517
How rare
1 in 338,665 girls
Since 1953
222

Tersa was last recorded in 1982. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1969, at 11 per million girls born.

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

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