Cresencio vs Creston

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Cresencio Creston

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 109 years in which either name was published, Creston for 55 years and Cresencio for 54 years. The lead changed hands 32 times.

• 1906–1919 Creston ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1923–1955 Cresencio ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1956–1958 Creston ahead
• 1962–1964 Cresencio ahead
• 1965–1968 Creston ahead
• 1976–1982 Cresencio ahead
• 1983–2024 Creston ahead, apart from 6 short spells

18 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Cresencios alive today are over 46; half the Crestons are over 36. That is 10 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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