Girls' name · since 1971
Crescent
117 babies named Crescent in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,394 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,173 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 117
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yes -- Crescent is the #12173 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 117 recorded since 1971.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Crescent has been recorded 117 times among girls since 1971, currently ranked #12173 nationally and more common than 30% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #25,394 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,173 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 117 born since 1971
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Crescent ranks #25,394 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,173 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 117 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.
- #25,394 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,173 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 117
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Crescent's 117 recorded births place it above 64.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Crescent compares
117 27th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Crescent's all-time total is 69% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Crescent | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 117 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Crescent's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Crescent's full recorded timeline at 1980, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Crescent popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (1977)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Crescent by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (65 births, 56% of the file).
1970s was Crescent's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Crescent births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
65 births
- 1980s
1980s
32 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s 14
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 65 births (56% of all-time use).
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What to do with Crescent's data
- Crescent's decade-level peak was the 1970s (65 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Crescent: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~54 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Crescent draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.