TERESA is ranked as the 130th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 490,174.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 153.73 people named TERESA for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named TERESA is 364,733.
The SSA data also shows that TERESA is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
TERESA is
65.5% White,
19.6% Hispanic origin,
10.6% Black,
2.3% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.3% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name TERESA are not any more likely to be from one specific race or Hispanic origin than any other person drawn from the general population of the US.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name TERESA is included in the following name categories:
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Polish feminine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Spanish feminine given name
English feminine given name
Feminine given name
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name TERESA
The state with the most people named
TERESA is
California where
83,762 people have this name.
North Carolina is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named TERESA, as
265.11 in every 100,000
North Carolinians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
North Carolina is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Louisiana
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name TERESA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
10,683
82.94
99.6%
Indiana
7,962
120.7
99.4%
Iowa
6,693
215.41
99.6%
Kansas
2,841
97.83
98.6%
Michigan
13,674
137.99
99.8%
Minnesota
8,495
155.66
99.6%
Missouri
3,663
122.34
99.1%
Nebraska
1,577
83.81
97.8%
North Dakota
346
46.76
92.5%
Ohio
11,039
95.21
99.5%
South Dakota
566
66.33
94.4%
Wisconsin
6,774
117.65
99.5%
West States
State stats for the first name TERESA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
637
86.48
95.1%
Arizona
6,743
100.17
99.2%
California
83,762
215.87
99.9%
Colorado
4,531
84.61
99.1%
Hawaii
1,445
101.79
99.0%
Idaho
1,843
112.74
98.2%
Montana
886
86.6
96.5%
Nevada
3,375
118.88
99.1%
New Mexico
2,167
103.9
98.3%
Oregon
4,406
110.97
99.1%
Utah
2,161
73.45
98.3%
Washington
14,822
209.9
99.8%
Wyoming
504
86.2
95.0%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name TERESA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
4,309
119.79
99.3%
Maine
1,701
127.89
97.9%
Massachusetts
6,945
102.96
99.3%
New Hampshire
1,187
89.44
97.3%
New Jersey
10,132
113.36
99.6%
New York
26,176
132.56
99.8%
Pennsylvania
8,597
67.23
99.4%
Rhode Island
857
81.2
97.4%
Vermont
278
44.42
95.3%
South States
State stats for the first name TERESA
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have TERESA as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named TERESA.
The most popular full name is TERESA Smith.
0.75% of all the people named TERESA
have this family name.
There are 32441 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name TERESA