Tressa
Tressa is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 526th, in 1896.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1971193 births
- Best rank
- #526in 1896
- Since 1880
- 7,027people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,027 girls have been named Tressa in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1971, with 193 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 193 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1971, and the 1970s alone account for 21%. It has spent 45 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Tressa | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 112 | |
| 1890s | 219 | |
| 1900s | 233 | |
| 1910s | 389 | |
| 1920s | 385 | |
| 1930s | 211 | |
| 1940s | 219 | |
| 1950s | 464 | |
| 1960s | 1,034 | |
| 1970s | 1,450 | |
| 1980s | 775 | |
| 1990s | 766 | |
| 2000s | 509 | |
| 2010s | 220 | |
| 2020s | 41 |
In 1971, its biggest year
Tressa was the 763rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1971 were Jennifer, Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. See all of 1971.
Names that rose and fell with Tressa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Cammiepeak 1968
- Malindapeak 1969
- Lorenapeak 1980
- Susannapeak 1958
- Lorapeak 1963
- Laurapeak 1964
- Letitiapeak 1964
- Ammiepeak 1973
Other spellings in the data
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.