Theresa

girls:

404.3k births since 1880

#89 (98th percentile)

boys:

1.2k births since 1895

#3389 (26th percentile)

overall:

405.5k births since 1880

#177 (98th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Theresa".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
404,323
Peak Births
11,963
Peak Year
1956
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
95.8%
Current Percentile
12.4%
Peak Rank
#32
Current Rank
#830
Female statistics
Total Births
1,218
Peak Births
41
Peak Year
1963
First Recorded
1895
Peak Percentile
5.6%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#223
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Theresa

Our model has identified 11 different pronunciations for the name Theresa. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 17.2% confident that Theresa is pronounced as ther-EE-suh. The next most likely pronunciation is ter-EE-suh, at 15.5% confidence.

ther-EE-suh (3 syllables)
17.2% confidence
TH ER0 IY1 S AH0
ter-EE-zuh (3 syllables)
12.1% confidence
T ER0 IY1 Z AH0
ter-AY-suh (3 syllables)
Verified
10.3% confidence
T ER0 EY1 S AH0
THER-ee-suh (3 syllables)
8.6% confidence
TH ER1 IY0 S AH0
ther-EH-suh (3 syllables)
5.2% confidence
TH ER0 EH1 S AH0
thuh-REE-suh (3 syllables)
5.2% confidence
TH AH0 R IY1 S AH0
ther-REE-suh (3 syllables)
5.2% confidence
TH ER0 R IY1 S AH0
THER-eh-suh (3 syllables)
3.4% confidence
TH ER1 EH0 S AH0
ter-REH-suh (3 syllables)
3.4% confidence
T ER0 R EH1 S AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Theresa. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Theresa, please vote using the thumbs up button.

ter-REE-suh (3 syllables)
2 names 416.9k births
T ER0 R IY1 S AH0

Names with this pronunciation:

teh-REE-suh (3 syllables)
5 names 3.1k births
T EH0 R IY1 S AH0

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like TH ER0 IY1 S AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.