Crestina — girls' name
61 babies named Crestina in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Crestina was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Crestina in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Crestina
The Social Security Administration has registered 61 babies named Crestina between 1922 and 1992, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Crestina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Crestina performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Crestina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Crestina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Crestina 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 61 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.
Crestina at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Crestina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1922
- Peak year (1981)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 71 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
61 total births across 71 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 7 births in a single year.
Crestina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 20 births that decade — 33% of Crestina's all-time total
Crestina decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Crestina's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Crestina by state
Where Crestina concentrates geographically — total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 8.2% |
5 of 61 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1922–1992 (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.