Cressida

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Cressida: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Cressida: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,204 in 2015, and it stood at #1,603 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1204highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#1958
1998	#1823
1999	#3225
2000	#1688
2001	#2226
2002	#2868
2003	#2191
2004	#3197
2005	#2970
2006	#3548
2007	#5201
2008	#3397
2009	#4564
2010	#4688
2011	#4049
2012	#2717
2013	#3536
2014	#2314
2015	#1204
2016	#1920
2017	#2090
2018	#1887
2019	#2040
2020	#2449
2021	#2073
2022	#3148
2023	#2504
2024	#1603

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1204 among girls in England and Wales, in 2015 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1603 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Cressida by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cressida in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	26	4 of 10	7
2000s	59	10 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	119	10 of 10	12
2020s	59	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Cressida appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1204 in England and Wales in 2015.

Cressida's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1603	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2073	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1887	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1920	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1204	28	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,204, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,603position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
28births registered in its largest year, 201525 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Prudence · #1204, 28y
Aeron · #1202, 28y
Akif · #1202, 27y
Berkay · #1202, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Prudence · #1204, 28y
Aeron · #1202, 28y
Akif · #1202, 27y
Berkay · #1202, 26y

Cressida and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cressida without appearing here.

Cressida moved ahead of

Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3536 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1887 and #5666.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2073 and #5581.
Cameron Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1603 and #4843.
Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4049 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Cressida

Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2191 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3197 and #1836.
Blake Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1204 and #1240 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1920 and #768.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2449 and #1313.
Ida Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1688 and #2167 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2226 and #1728.

Moved the opposite way to Cressida

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cressida went from #2683 to #1603 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cressida went from #2683 to #1603 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cressida went from #2683 to #1603 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cressida went from #2683 to #1603 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Cressida

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cressida went from #2683 to #1603 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cressida went from #2683 to #1603 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cressida went from #2683 to #1603 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cressida went from #2683 to #1603 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1204 in England and Wales in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cressida

Cressida at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cressida by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Cressida appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Cressida at a glance

Cressida by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Cressida appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Cressida and the names beside it

Cressida moved ahead of

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