Tess

Girl name

Tess has been given to 14,770 babies in the U.S. since 1889. It peaked in 1992.

Meaning & origin /tɛs/

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

14,770

Peak year

1992 (529 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1889

10-year trend

▼ -51%

Gender split

All girls

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Tess.

14,769 babies since 1914

14,765 babies since 1964

14,983 babies since 1895

14,556 babies since 1964

14,547 babies since 1937

14,997 babies since 1957

15,011 babies since 1964

14,420 babies since 1964

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