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Baby name
Theresa
Girl
Origin of the name
Theresa comes from the Spanish Teresa, whose origin is obscure. Saint Teresa of Ávila and Mother Teresa made it famous.
Classic name
404,613births since 1880
1960sgeneration
No. 35rank at its peak, in 1961
Where babies named Theresa are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Theresa is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Theresa is most common in Vermont (2.1 times), Maine (2) and Rhode Island (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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