Cresencio
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kreh-SEN-syoh
- Origin
- Latin
Cresencio is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “growing”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Cresencio mean?
Latin: Spanish form of Crescencio, from Latin Crescentius, from crescens 'growing'
“growing”
Spanish form of Crescencio, from the Roman name Crescentius, which comes from the Latin word crescens, meaning growing.
Is Cresencio a girl's or a boy's name?
Cresencio is a boys' name.
How popular is Cresencio in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1929, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Cresencio in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cresencio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,567 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,533 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,299 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,018 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,026 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,633 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,088 |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,822 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
Names like Cresencio
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mario Paul Lucio Joseph Lawrence Julio Victor Martin Charles Antonio Francis Robert
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cresencio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cresencio, updated 20 October 2026.