Teresita
Teresita is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 13 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 130.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 196280 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1891
- 3,366people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,366 girls have been named Teresita in the United States since 1891, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1962, with 80 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1971, and the 1960s alone account for 19%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Teresita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 15 | |
| 1900s | 13 | |
| 1910s | 25 | |
| 1920s | 112 | |
| 1930s | 164 | |
| 1940s | 223 | |
| 1950s | 387 | |
| 1960s | 650 | |
| 1970s | 531 | |
| 1980s | 371 | |
| 1990s | 384 | |
| 2000s | 301 | |
| 2010s | 117 | |
| 2020s | 73 |
In 1962, its biggest year
Teresita was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1962 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Linda. See all of 1962.
Names that rose and fell with Teresita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mariapeak 1964
- Guillerminapeak 1966
- Delenapeak 1967
- Janellpeak 1979
- Carmanpeak 1970
- Johnapeak 1963
- Carmenpeak 1960
- Irishpeak 1960
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.