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In 2024, 1,034 girls in the United States were named Tessa, making it the 303rd most popular girl's name that year.
It has fallen over the decade, from 221st ten years before.
Its busiest year on record was 2007, with 1,753 births.
Records for Tessa go back to 1891, and 54,949 babies have been given the name since.
A diminutive of Theresa meaning "harvester". Its compact form has a friendly, approachable quality.
Tessa is of Greek origin, described as vintage in style.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for girls — 1,034 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Each of these is a name in its own right in the 2024 US data, given to at least 100 babies that year.
Names of the same origin for a brother, most common first.
A diminutive of Theresa meaning "harvester". Its compact form has a friendly, approachable quality.
Tessa is of Greek origin, and is usually described as vintage in style.
In 2024, 1,034 girls in the United States were named Tessa, making it the 303rd most popular girl's name that year.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for girls — 1,034 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Tess is a shorter name in current US use that share the opening of Tessa.