Cressida
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Cressida is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Cressida mean?
Greek
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Cressida a girl's or a boy's name?
Cressida is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cressida in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Cressida, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 28 girls.
Half of all the girls named Cressida in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Cressida in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 28 | #1,276 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Cressida in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Cressida, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. It first appears in the records in 1969.
2025 had the most girls named Cressida of any year since it first appeared, in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Cressida in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cressida in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
Names like Cressida
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Cressida: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cressida, updated 20 October 2026.