girl's name

Theresia

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 2,589

Theresia is a girl's name. In 2007 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1959, when 58 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1881.

Theresia over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2007, not a full ten years.

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'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Theresia by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 106
1890s 145
1900s 106
1910s 174
1920s 173
1930s 127
1940s 196
1950s 375
1960s 333
1970s 133
1980s 100
1990s 28
2000s (to 2007) 20

How popular is Theresia?

In 2007, Theresia was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Theresia is used

France #6,069 5 in 2025
England & Wales #6,679 3 in 2011
United States #14,352 7 in 2007

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Theresia is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Thérésia Thérésia is a rare spelling of Theresia, written with an acute accent and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. 5

Names that peaked alongside Theresia

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Theresia also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Theresia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Theresia

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Theresia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Theresia

How popular is the name Theresia?

In 2007, Theresia was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Theresia a girl's or a boy's name?

Theresia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Theresia most popular?

Theresia peaked in 1959, when 58 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Theresia a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Theresia currently ranks #6,069 in the United States. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.