Over the past 110 years, 121 boys and 406 960 girls have been named Teresa. The name Teresa ranks 5459th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Teresa in 1935. The peak of popularity of the name Teresa came in the 1960s and 1970s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.