Tressie
Tressie is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 402nd, in 1901.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1921139 births
- Best rank
- #402in 1901
- Since 1880
- 5,355people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,355 girls have been named Tressie in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 139 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 139 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1925, and the 1920s alone account for 20%. It has spent 60 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Tressie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 136 | |
| 1890s | 313 | |
| 1900s | 529 | |
| 1910s | 1,031 | |
| 1920s | 1,055 | |
| 1930s | 616 | |
| 1940s | 359 | |
| 1950s | 253 | |
| 1960s | 343 | |
| 1970s | 278 | |
| 1980s | 181 | |
| 1990s | 119 | |
| 2000s | 91 | |
| 2010s | 38 | |
| 2020s | 13 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Tressie was the 628th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1921 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Tressie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lethapeak 1918
- Lessiepeak 1916
- Elvapeak 1918
- Violapeak 1918
- Madiepeak 1915
- Elmapeak 1918
- Delphiapeak 1924
- Elviepeak 1917
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.