Tessie
Tessie was the 11835th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1917, when it ranked 311th with 393 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,741 places. More babies were named Tessie in the 1910s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #11,835 girls, down 2,349 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 8girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1917393 babies
- Total since 1880
- 9,991babies recorded
Tessie popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 10 since 1918.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,835 | 8 |
| 2020 | #9,486 | 11 |
| 2010 | #8,248 | 15 |
| 2000 | #9,121 | 11 |
| 1990 | #3,901 | 27 |
| 1980 | #2,184 | 47 |
| 1970 | #1,429 | 73 |
| 1960 | #1,416 | 61 |
| 1950 | #1,493 | 39 |
| 1940 | #1,147 | 41 |
| 1930 | #684 | 102 |
| 1920 | #372 | 313 |
| 1910 | #363 | 118 |
| 1900 | #344 | 94 |
| 1890 | #368 | 47 |
| 1880 | #419 | 17 |
How popular is Tessie, counting every spelling?
Tessie is the most common spelling of a name family that had 8 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 8 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tessie | 8 | #11,835 | 44 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Tessie?
8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tessie (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Tessie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tessie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tessie?
About 2,700 people born in the US named Tessie are alive today, with a median age of 55; half are between 41 and 67. That makes Tessie mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Tessie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tessie, they share its era and feel.
Tessie is also a nickname for Teresa.
Questions about the name Tessie
How popular is the name Tessie?
Tessie was the 11835th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1917, when it ranked 311th with 393 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,741 places. More babies were named Tessie in the 1910s than in any other decade.
Is Tessie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Tessie in the US.