Tessa: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced TES-uh · 2 syllables

Contraction of Teresa.

How popular is Tessa?

Tessa was the #311 name in the US in 2025, given to 978 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2000.

Babies named Tessa in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2000).

Half of US adults named Tessa are older than 31; most are between 19 and 53. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Tessa have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Tessa is pronounced TES-uh.

Tessa was the #311 name in the US in 2025, given to 978 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2000.

Half of US adults named Tessa are older than 31. Most are between 19 and 53.