Girl
Theresa
The name Theresa carries the meaning "Harvester", with roots in Greek. It has not kept pace since its 1960s peak. In the current registry, it is a name most people have come across. 1961 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
GreekHarvester
GreekOr from the island of Therasia
Births by decade
1900s
6,406
1910s
18,375
1920s
36,796
1930s
32,943
1940s
35,897
1950s
89,775
1960s
97,411
1970s
40,256
1980s
22,503
1990s
10,604
2000s
4,549
2010s
1,786
Peaked in the 1960s · 397,301 total U.S. births since 1900