Girls' name · since 1948
Cressa
Since 1948, U.S. Social Security records show 41 babies named Cressa, peaking in 1975. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #37,196 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 1948
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cressa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 41 recorded since 1948.
Cressa has 41 recorded births among girls since 1948, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 2008.
- #37,196 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 41 born since 1948
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cressa ranks #37,196 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 41 born since 1948, peaking in the 1970s.
- #37,196 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 1948
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cressa's 41 recorded births place it above 48.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cressa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cressa's full recorded timeline at 1975, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1948, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1975 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cressa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–2008
- Peak year (1975)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Cressa by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (20 births, 49% of the file).
1970s was Cressa's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Cressa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
20 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 20 births (49% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cressa's data
- Cressa's decade-level peak was the 1970s (20 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Cressa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~60 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, 1948–2008 (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 Cressa 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.