Cresta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cresta

The Social Security Administration has registered 236 babies named Cresta between 1970 and 1987, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cresta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cresta performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 197 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Cresta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cresta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cresta 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 236 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.