Girls' name · since 1969
Cressida
Cressida has 162 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,965 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,989 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 162
- born since 1969
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Cressida is the #8989 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 162 recorded since 1969.
Social Security Administration records show Cressida recorded 162 times among girls since 1969, holding rank #8989 nationally today, ahead of 48% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2025.
- #21,965 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,989 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 162 born since 1969
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cressida ranks #21,965 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,989 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 162 born since 1969, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,965 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,989 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 162
- born since 1969
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cressida's 162 recorded births place it above 69.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Cressida compares
162 33rd 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
Cressida's all-time total is 57% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cressida | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 162 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cressida's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cressida's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1970, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cressida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Cressida by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (59 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Cressida's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Cressida births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s
1970s
25 births
- 1980s
1980s
25 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
59 births
- 2020s
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 59 births (36% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cressida's data
- Cressida's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (59 total births) through the 2020s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cressida: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1969–2025 (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 Cressida 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.