The first name Therese
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 3 girls were named Therese, making it the 5,927th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2005, with 10 births (#2,084).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Therese with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Therese at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 79 girls born in the United States were named Therese, the 2,324th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1959, when 1,211 were.
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 Therese
61 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Thérèse of LisieuxFrench Discalced Carmelite nun, Doctor of the Church (1873–1897)
- Thérèse CoffeyBritish politician, born 1971
- Therese NeumannGerman mystic (1898-1962)
- Marie Thérèse Rodet GeoffrinFrench salon-holde (1695–1777)
- Thérèse SchwartzeDutch painter (1851-1918)
- Therese GiehseGerman actress (1898–1975)
- Thérèse Sita-BellaCameroonian film director, 1932–2006
- Therese HuberGerman author, 1764–1829
- Thérèse SteinmetzDutch singer (born 1933)
- Therese Schlesinger-EcksteinAustrian politician (1863–1940)
- Thérèse PeltierFrench artist (1873–1926)
- Therese Albertine Luise RobinsonGerman-American writer (1797–1870)
Questions
- How popular is the name Therese?
- In 2025, 3 girls born in England and Wales were named Therese, ranking 5,927th. Its peak was 2005, with 10 births.
- Is Therese a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 35,595 US babies named Therese since 1880 were girls.
- When was Therese most popular?
- 1959 in the United States, when 1,211 babies were named Therese, its highest rank at 252nd.