Tessie

Girl name

Tessie has been given to 9,991 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1917.

Meaning & origin

From Tess +&lrm; -ie.

Origin: Spanish

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

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Total babies

9,991

Peak year

1917 (393 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -27%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

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

9,992 babies since 1880

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