Tessie
Tessie is a feminine given name or nickname, often of Teresa or Theresa, which may refer to:Tessie Agana, Filipina former child actress Tessie Aquino-Oreta (1944–2020), Filipino politician Tessie Camilleri (1901–1930), first female graduate at the University of Malta Tessie Eria Lambourne, Kiribati civil servant, diplomat and politician Tessie Mobley (1906–1990), American operatic soprano Tessie…
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Meaning & Origin of Tessie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tessie is a feminine given name or nickname, often of Teresa or Theresa, which may refer to:Tessie Agana, Filipina former child actress Tessie Aquino-Oreta (1944–2020), Filipino politician Tessie Camilleri (1901–1930), first female graduate at the University of Malta Tessie Eria Lambourne, Kiribati civil servant, diplomat and politician Tessie Mobley (1906–1990), American operatic soprano Tessie…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Tessie
American parents first put Tessie on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 17 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1917, when 393 Tessies were born — ranking #310 that year. About 26% of every Tessie on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Tessie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 11 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Tessie
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About the name Tessie
Tessie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 10K births in the dataset. Tessie's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #310. Use the chart and map above to compare Tessie'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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