female NAME · CURRENTLY #8987

Cressida

KRESS-ih-duh

“Possibly related to Greek chryseos, “golden”; the name’s literary etymology is not certain.”

A literary feminine name associated with Shakespeare's play Troilus and Cressida.

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SSA POPULARITY HISTORY

How Cressida has traveled through time

51970 71990 102015 52020 112025
LATEST YEAR202511 births
PEAK RANK#6076in 1969
CURRENT USAGE100% F0% M

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.

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