Terese

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Terese: Recorded since 1964, it reached #184 in 1976, and it was last ranked in 2005.

2registrars recorded it
41times a registrar ranked it
42years from first to last
#184highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in Norway · 1967–2005

View as table

Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1967	#581
1969	#369
1970	#507
1971	#283
1972	#294
1973	#211
1974	#187
1975	#198
1976	#184
1977	#199
1978	#234
1979	#202
1980	#288
1981	#256
1982	#248
1983	#245
1984	#188
1985	#190
1986	#251
1987	#245
1988	#277
1989	#250
1990	#233
1991	#227
1992	#249
1993	#361
1994	#250
1995	#345
1996	#339
1997	#267
1998	#341
1999	#417
2000	#408
2001	#271
2002	#531
2003	#395
2004	#392
2005	#475

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

RisingNorway · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 38 of the 39 years from 1967 to 2005.

In 1967: #393 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #581 among girls in Norway.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2005 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #372 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1967–2005
Highest recorded position: #184 among girls in Norway, in 1976 (recorded 1967–2005).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2005
Most recently recorded at #475 among girls in Norway, in 2005.
Norway · Girls

Terese appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, with 38 ranked years and 670 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1964.

Terese across 2 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.

Terese'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	#581 (1967)	#184 (1976)	#475 (2005)	38 of 39	670 (1967–2005)	30 (1974)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#372 (1964)	#372 (1964)	#393 (1967)	3 of 4	9 (1964–1967)	3 (1964)

Terese 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 Terese in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	13	2 of 10	7
1970sbusiest	216	10 of 10	22
1980s	218	10 of 10	22
1990s	166	10 of 10	17
2000s	57	6 of 10	10

Across Norway · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Terese 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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2005. Highest recorded position: #184 in Norway in 1976.

Terese'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
2005	Norway	female	#475	7	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#392	10	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#395	9	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#531	6	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#271	16	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#408	9	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#417	9	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#341	12	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#267	16	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#339	12	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#345	12	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#250	20	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#361	12	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#249	21	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#227	27	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#233	25	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#250	22	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#277	19	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#245	22	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#251	20	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#190	29	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#188	30	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#245	20	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#248	21	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#256	19	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#288	16	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#202	26	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#234	21	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#199	25	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#184	29	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#198	26	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#187	30	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#211	23	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#294	15	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#283	15	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#507	6	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#369	9	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#581	4	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified

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.

Where Terese is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Terese, between 1964 and 2005, in 40 of those 42 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1964–1967	3	#372 in 1964
Norway	1967–2005	38	#184 in 1976

Its high point came 12 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1964) than in Norway (1976).

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2005, ranked in 40 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #184, first reached in 1976.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in Norway in 1974.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1967, and 3 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.

Terence · #48, 74y
Teresa · #19, 76y
Tereza · #862, 18y
Teri · #291, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Basil · #185, 41y
Cecil · #181, 39y
Gerrard · #181, 38y
Iwona · #181, 36y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Kilian · #184, 54y
Radoslaw · #184, 41y
Basil · #185, 41y
Domhnall · #185, 52y

Terese was ranked #184 in Norway · Girls in 1976. 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.

Marina#180
May-Britt#181
Signe#182
Silja#183
Benedicte#185
Christin#186
Jill#187
Rikke#188

Terese 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Terese without appearing here.

Terese moved ahead of

Renee
In 1993 they stood at #361 and #344 in Norway · Girls; by 1994 that had become #250 and #650.
Aud
In 1986 they stood at #251 and #244 in Norway · Girls; by 1987 that had become #245 and #553.
Bjørg
In 2000 they stood at #408 and #349 in Norway · Girls; by 2001 that had become #271 and #576.
Wenche
In 1995 they stood at #345 and #310 in Norway · Girls; by 1996 that had become #339 and #612.

Moved ahead of Terese

Jennifer
In 2001 they stood at #271 and #309 in Norway · Girls; by 2002 that had become #531 and #201.
Cassandra
In 2001 they stood at #271 and #348 in Norway · Girls; by 2002 that had become #531 and #206.
Sophia
In 2001 they stood at #271 and #298 in Norway · Girls; by 2002 that had become #531 and #261.
Alma
In 2001 they stood at #271 and #281 in Norway · Girls; by 2002 that had become #531 and #291.

Moved the opposite way to Terese

Amanda
Between 1971 and 2005 in Norway · Girls, Terese went from #283 to #475 while Amanda went from #556 to #59.
Sofie
Between 1971 and 2005 in Norway · Girls, Terese went from #283 to #475 while Sofie went from #388 to #12.
Tuva
Between 1971 and 2005 in Norway · Girls, Terese went from #283 to #475 while Tuva went from #549 to #15.
Oda
Between 1972 and 2005 in Norway · Girls, Terese went from #294 to #475 while Oda went from #619 to #31.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2005. Highest recorded position: #184 in Norway in 1976. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Terese

Terese at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Terese across 2 official records

Terese by decade in Norway · Girls

Terese appears in

Popularity data

Where Terese is officially recorded

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Terese

Terese and the names beside it

Terese moved ahead of

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Terese at a glance

Terese across 2 official records

Terese by decade in Norway · Girls

Terese appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Terese

Terese and the names beside it

Terese moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Terese

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