Cressa — girls' name
41 babies named Cressa in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Cressa was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Cressa in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cressa
The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Cressa between 1948 and 2008, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cressa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cressa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Cressa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cressa 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 41 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.
Cressa at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cressa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1948
- Peak year (1975)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 61 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
41 total births across 61 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 7 births in a single year.
Cressa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 20 births that decade — 49% of Cressa's all-time total
Cressa decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Cressa's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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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, 1948–2008 (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.