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How popular is the name Teresa?
Births per year, rank history and how many Teresas are alive today.
Teresa (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 23 in 2025, ranked 1362nd. This spelling of the name peaked in 1964, when around 810 babies were given the name, the 58th most popular that year. It has declined since 1964; the 2025 figure is roughly 3% of its peak. At least 28,000 babies have been named Teresa in England and Wales since 1934. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Teresa is one spelling of a name also recorded as Theresa; the combined figures below cover every spelling. Common short forms of Teresa include Tessa, Tess and Terri.
Across all spellings of the name, the Teresa you are most likely to meet is around 63 years old. Half of all Teresas born in England and Wales are between 54 and 74, and there are at least 26,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 7.9% chance that at least one of them will be called Teresa.
How many babies are named Teresa each year?
Includes all spellings: Teresa, Theresa. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Teresa spelling rank?
Where does the Theresa spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Teresa most popular?
Teresa peaked in 1964, when around 810 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Teresa?
At least 26,000 people named Teresa in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Teresa?
Most living Teresas are between 54 and 74; the most common age is about 63.
Is Teresa becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1964 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.