Theresa

“Variant of Teresa”

Girl's name · #1559 in the US (2025) · Retro

Theresa reached its best rank, #32, in 1956 and ranked #1559 in 2025. Roughly 405,000 girls have been named Theresa since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Theresa's short forms are Tracy and Tessy. Together with its spelling variant Teresa (#911), Theresa would rank around #664 with about 430 births last year — the newborns split about 68/32 between Teresa and Theresa.

Around the world: #39 in Austria (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 13 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Theresas

Theresa May — Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019
Theresa Russell — American actress
Theresa of León — Countess-Queen of Portugal
Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska — Electress of Bavaria and of the Electorate of the Palatinate (1676-1730)
Theresa Kachindamoto — paramount chief in Malawi

In stories & tradition

Theresa (Siryn) — Uncanny X-Men · X-Factor
Theresa Diaz — fictional human
Theresa Russo — Wizards of Waverly Place · Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie

What Theresas become

Among 846 notable people named Theresa:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.25× more often than among typical names — e.g. Theresa Goell, American archaeologist (1901-1985).

Similar names: Teresa · Denise · Terra · Janessa · Carla · Paula

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