Tessia
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Meaning & Origin of Tessia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
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The Story of Tessia
The earliest SSA record of Tessia as a baby girl name dates back to 1964, when 6 babies received it. 1991 was its biggest year on record, with 17 newborns named Tessia — #5,399 in the national rankings. About 32% of every Tessia on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Tessia last appeared in the published SSA data in 2010, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 371 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Tessia
Tessia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1964 and has accumulated 371 births in the dataset. Tessia's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #5,399. Use the chart and map above to compare Tessia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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