Girls' name · peaked in 1927
Therese name popularity since 1925
33,202 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Therese. Half of them were born in 1957 or earlier, so the typical Therese is about 69 years old in 2026. Therese peaked in 1927 as the #220 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 33,202
- Named Therese, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1927
- #220 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,324 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 33,197 girls · 5 boys
- Most popular in
- Rhode Island
- 5.90× its national share
Peak year is the year Therese made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Therese births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1959. Measured as a share of all babies, Therese peaked in 1927.
- Steepest fall: Between 1929 and 1934, Therese's share of baby girls fell by 58%.
- Fastest rise: Between 1947 and 1952, it became 1.9× more common, from 1 in 4,320 baby girls to 1 in 2,240.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Therese's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Therese.
Decade by decade
Babies named Therese in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 3,595 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 3,227 | 5 | #369 |
| 1940s | 3,165 | 0 | #434 |
| 1950s | 9,333 | 0 | #252 |
| 1960s | 7,584 | 0 | #337 |
| 1970s | 1,943 | 0 | #799 |
| 1980s | 1,431 | 0 | #1,006 |
| 1990s | 1,053 | 0 | #1,473 |
| 2000s | 846 | 0 | #2,072 |
| 2010s | 608 | 0 | #2,807 |
| 2020–25 | 412 | 0 | #2,324 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
48.8% of babies named Therese from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Therese is most popular
The index compares Therese's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Therese.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 5.90× | 611 |
| Maine | 4.67× | 584 |
| New Hampshire | 4.54× | 417 |
| Massachusetts | 3.14× | 2,180 |
| Illinois | 2.85× | 4,056 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Therese and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Therese (this page) | 33,197 | 1927 |
| Terese | 6,256 | 1961 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Therese's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Therese.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Therese (1927).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data