The first name Teresita
A girl’s name from Spanish.
4 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Spanish origin
From Spanish Teresita, from Teresa + -ita.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Teresita at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 10 girls born in the United States were named Teresita, the 10,046th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1962, when 80 were.
3,376
babies named Teresita since 1880
#10,046
rank in 2025
1962
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Teresita
2 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Teresita de CastroChief Justice of the Philippines in 2018
- Teresita CastilloFilipino Marian apparition viewer (1927–2016)
More Spanish girls’ names
Questions
- What does the name Teresita mean?
- From Spanish Teresita, from Teresa + -ita.
- What is the origin of the name Teresita?
- From Spanish Teresita, from Teresa + -ita.
- Is Teresita a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 3,376 US babies named Teresita since 1880 were girls.
- When was Teresita most popular?
- 1962 in the United States, when 80 babies were named Teresita, its highest rank at 1,233rd.