Theresa

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Teresa is a feminine given name. It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek ฮธฮตฯฮฏฮถฯ‰ "to harvest or reap", or from ฮธฮญฯฮฟฯ‚ "summer". Another origin of the name is from Latin word "Terra" which means earth.

From Wikipedia

Theresa first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1997 with 42 babies (rank #615 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Theresa

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Theresa yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

521
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
42
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199634#701
199742#615
199829#799
199923#950
200030#780
200122#990
200227#885
200319#1,219
200431#882
200534#850
200621#1,277
200729#1,048
200821#1,387
200913#2,017
201032#1,071
201122#1,433
201221#1,522
201323#1,430
201414#2,053
201515#1,955
201619#1,686