Tess
Tess is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 113 births. Its best rank was 467th, in 1992.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1130.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1992529 births
- Best rank
- #467in 1992
- Since 1889
- 14,653people given the name
The story in the numbers
14,653 girls have been named Tess in the United States since 1889, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 529 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 1990s alone account for 31%. It has spent 31 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Tess | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | |
| 1890s | 38 | |
| 1900s | 83 | |
| 1910s | 155 | |
| 1920s | 128 | |
| 1930s | 37 | |
| 1940s | 46 | |
| 1950s | 89 | |
| 1960s | 361 | |
| 1970s | 423 | |
| 1980s | 1,707 | |
| 1990s | 4,557 | |
| 2000s | 4,024 | |
| 2010s | 2,345 | |
| 2020s | 654 |
In 1992, its biggest year
Tess was the 467th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1992 were Ashley, Jessica, Amanda, Brittany and Sarah. See all of 1992.
Names that rose and fell with Tess
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Karlypeak 1993
- Karlipeak 1994
- Lorynpeak 1999
- Alejandrapeak 1994
- Yanetpeak 2004
- Nhipeak 1999
- Magalipeak 2000
- Paigepeak 2003
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.