Cresencia — girls' name
122 babies named Cresencia in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Cresencia was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Cresencia in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cresencia
The Social Security Administration has registered 122 babies named Cresencia between 1920 and 1998, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cresencia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cresencia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Cresencia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cresencia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cresencia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 122 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cresencia at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cresencia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1920
- Peak year (1927)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
122 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 17 births in a single year.
Cresencia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 70 births that decade — 57% of Cresencia's all-time total
Cresencia decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Cresencia's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Cresencia by state
Where Cresencia concentrates geographically — total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 35 | 28.7% |
35 of 122 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 28.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 28.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1920–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.