How Many People Are Named Cressida?
people named Cressida are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,163,195 people in the US has this name
Based on 162 babies named Cressida in Social Security records from 1969 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
11 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Medieval form of CHRYSEIS. Various medieval tales describe her as a woman of Troy, daughter of Calchus, who leaves her Trojan lover Troilus for the Greek hero Diomedes. Shakespeare's play 'Troilus and Cressida' (1602) was based on these tales.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Cressida in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cressida alive today is about 21 years old, and 61% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 43 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cressida first appears in the records in 1969, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 11 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1969 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cressida has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #6,074, in 1969. In 2025 it ranked #8,985.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,985 |
| Best rank | #6,074 (1969) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #13,807 in the 2010s |
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