Therese comes from the Greek / French tradition, meaning Harvester, late summer reaper.
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How popular is Therese?
1959peak year
Therese has settled into a steady rhythm — neither rising sharply nor fading, holding a consistent place in U.S. birth records. It currently ranks well outside the top 1,000 (around #2745), with about 65 babies named Therese each year. In 1959, 1,211 babies received the name (ranked #252). Total registrations across all years since 1880: roughly 35,512.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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