NameTides

Tessa

Tessa was the #311 girls' name in the US in 2025 (978 babies), and #667 in England & Wales and #196 in Canada.

Tessa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Tessa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaNorthern IrelandUSScotlandEngland & Wales
Tessa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#311 (978)#667 (56)#539 (5)#231 (7)#189 (23)#196 (153)
2024#303 (1,036)#708 (53)#638 (4)#407 (3)#191 (23)#175 (159)
2023#323 (964)#657 (55)#540 (5)—#212 (20)#149 (173)
2022#331 (973)#624 (61)#625 (4)#305 (5)#237 (18)#139 (191)
2021#287 (1,118)#640 (60)#558 (5)—#198 (24)#144 (196)
2020#280 (1,135)#589 (66)#399 (8)#212 (8)#173 (27)#122 (210)
2019#260 (1,268)#703 (55)#650 (4)#213 (8)#162 (32)#109 (234)
2018#245 (1,329)#710 (56)#680 (4)#273 (6)#196 (26)#101 (268)
2017#245 (1,296)#855 (45)#409 (8)—#249 (19)#110 (246)
2016#229 (1,395)#630 (67)#356 (10)#353 (4)#335 (13)#131 (227)
2015#208 (1,560)#656 (62)#379 (9)#312 (5)#215 (24)#113 (265)
2014#221 (1,527)#597 (69)#681 (4)—#291 (17)#117 (263)
2013#244 (1,324)#652 (62)#413 (8)#440 (3)#304 (16)#140 (216)
2012#233 (1,366)#546 (77)#665 (4)#383 (4)#414 (11)#150 (210)
2011#229 (1,391)#665 (59)#515 (6)—#414 (11)#140 (218)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2007 at #190.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1891.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 920common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 980common

Next year

On its recent trend, Tessa is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,500 to 1 in 1,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Tessa by state, 2025Alaska: #134AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #391WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #356WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #271MNIllinois: #194ILMichigan: #223MINew York: #263NYMassachusetts: #149MAOregon: #619ORNevada: #214NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #437IAIndiana: #377INOhio: #336OHPennsylvania: #251PANew Jersey: #186NJConnecticut: #130CTRhode Island: #150RICalifornia: #346CAUtah: #197UTColorado: #317CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #228MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: #273WVVirginia: #396VAMaryland: #400MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #515AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #233KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #532TNNorth Carolina: #344NCSouth Carolina: #440SCDistrict of Columbia: #150DCOklahoma: #312OKLouisiana: #597LAMississippi: #384MSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #509GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #353TXFlorida: #435FL
Tessa (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#17264
Quebec2025#46610

Tessa (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TessaCanadaGirls#196153
TessaEngland & WalesGirls#66756
TessaIrelandGirls#18923
TessaNorthern IrelandGirls#2317
TessaScotlandGirls#5395
TessaUSGirls#311978
TessaUSBoys—too few