Therese

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Therese: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Therese: Recorded since 1946, it reached #21 in 1986, and it stood at #487 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
167times a registrar ranked it
80years from first to last
#21highest recorded position
33groupings it qualifies for
17names it appears alongside

What stands out in Therese's record

Held a top-100 place for 31 years running. Names by top-100 run
Appears alongside 17 other names across 5 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships
Shares a published list with another name across 70 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#3174
1998	#2165
1999	#3900
2000	#2416
2001	#3998
2002	#3409
2003	#4373
2004	#2802
2005	#2084
2006	#3548
2007	#2895
2008	#5545
2009	#3422
2010	#3156
2011	#3549
2012	#4838
2014	#5691
2015	#4103
2020	#5493
2022	#4645
2023	#4709

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 70 of the 80 years from 1946 to 2025.

In 2023: #458 among girls in Norway, #4709 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1946–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #363 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2025
Highest recorded position: #21 among girls in Norway, in 1986 (recorded 1946–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #487 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Therese appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 70 years beginning in 1946, and has registered 6,309 births with the name.

Therese across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Therese's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#363 (1946)	#21 (1986)	#487 (2025)	70 of 80	6,309 (1946–2025)	261 (1984)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#127 (1964)	#98 (1965)	#896 (2015)	51 of 52	1,380 (1964–2015)	72 (1973)
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#2084 (2005)	#4709 (2023)	22 of 28	110 (1996–2023)	10 (2005)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#314 (1997)	#206 (2001)	#424 (2019)	12 of 23	49 (1997–2019)	7 (2001)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#100 (1956)	#73 (1964)	#98 (1968)	12 of 13	1,149 (1956–1968)	117 (1962)

Therese by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Therese in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	12	2 of 10	6
1950s	15	3 of 10	5
1960s	238	10 of 10	24
1970s	1,693	10 of 10	169
1980sbusiest	2,218	10 of 10	222
1990s	1,497	10 of 10	150
2000s	466	10 of 10	47
2010s	141	10 of 10	14
2020s	29	5 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 222 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1983 and 1984, when recorded births rose by 78, from 183 to 261.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Therese appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #21 in Norway in 1986.

Therese's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
1968	New South Wales, Australia	female	#98	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	female	#96	78	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	female	#90	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	female	#73	108	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	female	#77	109	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	female	#75	117	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	female	#78	116	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	female	#89	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	female	#80	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	female	#89	92	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	female	#88	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	female	#100	69	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#277	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#318	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#286	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#206	7	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#229	6	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#314	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#487	5	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#441	6	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#458	6	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#384	8	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#510	4	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#425	7	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#528	4	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#457	7	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#379	11	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#362	12	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#387	11	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#273	20	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#314	16	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#223	25	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#212	28	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#203	30	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#203	30	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#208	28	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#185	34	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#155	39	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#140	43	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#117	55	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#100	65	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#92	76	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#108	66	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#104	70	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#71	99	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#51	135	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#70	119	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#52	141	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#41	179	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#53	154	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#44	182	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#48	178	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#30	240	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#39	216	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#31	242	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#26	240	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#21	261	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#26	232	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#22	261	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#34	183	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#31	195	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#31	196	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#31	192	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#28	214	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#26	204	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#27	211	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#34	193	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#38	192	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#42	182	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#58	146	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#59	136	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#61	131	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#88	84	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#98	73	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#140	40	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#145	35	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#215	19	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#170	25	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#297	12	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#309	11	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#387	7	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#380	7	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#333	9	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#470	4	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#422	5	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#351	6	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#355	6	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#363	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#511	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	9	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	16	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#166	24	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	13	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	8	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	16	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	17	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	18	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	14	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	24	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#175	27	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	25	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#152	35	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	28	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#145	40	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#147	44	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#163	39	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	40	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#144	47	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	45	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	52	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#128	58	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#154	45	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#167	36	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	51	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#132	57	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#117	72	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#145	45	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#124	56	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	44	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	35	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#141	39	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	36	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#119	48	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#98	67	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#127	40	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1946 and 2025, ranked in 72 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #21, first reached in 1986.

It held a top-100 place in 44 years, 31 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 261 births, registered in Norway in 1984.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1956, and 51 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Theophilus · #1706, 25y
Theresa · #61, 61y
Thi · #116, 56y
Thia · #910, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Denise · #22, 73y
Derek · #22, 72y
Janice · #22, 73y
Carol · #19, 70y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Einar · #21, 81y
Kåre · #21, 75y
Maren · #21, 79y
Mats · #21, 74y

Comparisons involving Therese

Existing comparison pages where Therese and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Therese in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Grace vs Therese
In 1964 they stood at #118 and #127 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 9 places apart; by 2015 they were #8 and #896.
Grace · Therese · 51 shared years, 1964–2015 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2015 Republic of Ireland ranking
Laura vs Therese
In 1964 they stood at #131 and #127 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 4 places apart; by 2015 they were #48 and #896.
Laura · Therese · 51 shared years, 1964–2015 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2015 Republic of Ireland ranking
Amanda vs Therese
In 1964 they stood at #118 and #127 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 9 places apart; by 2015 they were #306 and #896.
Amanda · Therese · 51 shared years, 1964–2015 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2015 Republic of Ireland ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Therese and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Frida vs Therese
In Norway · Girls, Frida moved into the top 50 at #30 in 1993 as Therese fell out of it to #53, having been #44 the year before.
Frida · Therese · 61 shared years, 1948–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1993 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Therese measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Therese at its highest position.

Christine vs Therese
Christine and Therese changed places 17 times in Norway · Girls between 1946 and 2025, ending at #498 and #487.
Christine · Therese · 68 shared years, 1946–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Tina vs Therese
Tina and Therese changed places 17 times in Norway · Girls between 1959 and 2025, ending at #488 and #487.
Tina · Therese · 66 shared years, 1959–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Christina vs Therese
Christina and Therese changed places 15 times in Norway · Girls between 1946 and 2025, ending at #497 and #487.
Christina · Therese · 69 shared years, 1946–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Therese was ranked #21 in Norway · Girls in 1986. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Therese and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Therese without appearing here.

Therese moved ahead of

George Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5545 and #5545 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3156 and #5707.
Ollie Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2802 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2084 and #3970.
Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5691 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #5730.
Lene Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5545 and #5545 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3156 and #4688.

Moved ahead of Therese

Teddy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3409 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1798.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4103 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.
Karin Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2895 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #5545 and #2150.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2416 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1107.

Moved the opposite way to Therese

Hennie Compare
Between 1960 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Therese went from #333 to #487 while Hennie went from #468 to #20.
Karoline Compare
Between 1960 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Therese went from #333 to #487 while Karoline went from #442 to #223.
Sarah Compare
Between 1960 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Therese went from #333 to #487 while Sarah went from #490 to #115.
Sophie Compare
Between 1960 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Therese went from #333 to #487 while Sophie went from #492 to #178.

Moved the same way as Therese

Jorunn Compare
Between 1946 and 2020 in Norway · Girls, Therese went from #363 to #510 and Jorunn from #18 to #449.
Turid Compare
Between 1946 and 2020 in Norway · Girls, Therese went from #363 to #510 and Turid from #11 to #513.
Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Therese went from #127 to #896 and Alma from #327 to #581.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Therese went from #127 to #896 and Audrey from #85 to #532.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #21 in Norway in 1986. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Therese

Therese at a glance

What stands out in Therese's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Therese across 5 official records

Therese by decade in Norway · Girls

Therese appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Therese

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Therese

Therese and the names beside it

Therese moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Therese

Moved the opposite way to Therese

Moved the same way as Therese

Therese at a glance

What stands out in Therese's record

Therese across 5 official records

Therese by decade in Norway · Girls

Therese appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Therese

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Therese

Therese and the names beside it

Therese moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Therese

Moved the opposite way to Therese

Moved the same way as Therese