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Resa

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Resa is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
196249 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1920
1,046people given the name
Babies named Resa, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,046 girls have been named Resa in the United States since 1920, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1962, with 49 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 49 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1963, and the 1960s alone account for 30%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Resa
1920s10
1940s64
1950s290
1960s310
1970s171
1980s120
1990s54
2000s22
2010s5

In 1962, its biggest year

Resa was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1962 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Linda. See all of 1962.

Names that rose and fell with Resa

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.