Cresencio
Masculine · “Growing”
Cresencio is a Latin name about growing, and it belongs to a man who is mentioned exactly once in the New Testament, in a farewell list, with nothing else said about him at all.
How old is the name Cresencio?
Cresencio first appears in US birth records in 1913 — 112 years ago. The typical Cresencio alive today was born around 1960, making them about 65 years old. About 500 people named Cresencio are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cresencio most popular?
Cresencio peaked in 1941, reaching #1633 nationally. See the whole 1941 chart.
Lists built from the same records:
Where it comes from
From Crescens to Cresencio
The story of Cresencio
In one of the last letters attributed to Paul there is a sentence naming people who have gone elsewhere, and one of them is Crescens, who has left for Galatia. That is the whole record. Everything afterward — that he founded a church in Gaul, that he was a bishop, that he was martyred — is later tradition attached to a name in a list, and the tradition exists precisely because the name is there and the silence around it is inviting. A great many saints' names work this way: a single mention, a gap, and centuries of biography growing into the gap. The Spanish spelling drops a letter on the way: Latin wrote sc where Spanish now writes a single c, and the name loses a consonant without losing a sound.
Meaning
Growing, increasing
The Latin verb means to grow or increase — the same root that gives crescent, the growing moon, and crescendo. The name is a participle used as a name, which Romans did freely.
How the name formed
- Crescens
- Crescentius
- Cresencio
Related forms: Crescencio · Crescenzio · Crescêncio
Pronouncing Cresencio
kre-SEN-see-oh
Four syllables with the stress on the second. Spanish gives every vowel its full value.
Nicknames for Cresencio
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1913
- Most boys named
- 192920 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1633reached in 1941
- Change vs 2017
- 0.0%5 in 2019, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Cresencio in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Crescencio in Spanish — same name
- Crescenzio in Italian — same name
- Crescêncio in Portuguese — same name
Cresencios among us
people named Cresencio are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Cresencio sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The meaning is settled, positive and connected to ordinary English words.
- It is understood across the Spanish-speaking world.
- The Spanish short form sounds nothing like the full name, which gives real range.
- Four syllables is long for American use and it will be shortened.
- Crescencio with the extra c is the standard spelling and his will be written that way.
- English speakers will hesitate over the middle of the name on first sight.
Nobody names a baby alone.
Put Cresencio to the vote.
Add it to a family vote or a couple’s swipe deck — the other person gets one card, a simple answer and room to say why. No app, no account for them.
Only the people you invite can see your list.
Already decided on Cresencio? Hide it among decoys and let them guess.
What they receive
Someone added a name to your list
Cresencio
Masculine
Frequently asked
- How many Cresencios are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Cresencio are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Cresencio in 2025?
- Cresencio is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Cresencio with classmates?
- Cresencio will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More C names
The most-given names starting with C, all years combined.
Charles#48 · Christopher#68 · Carl#1132 · Christian#96 · Caleb#58 · Cameron#76 · Carlos#150 · Clarence#1499
Looking for what else is popular rather than what resembles Cresencio? See the current top 100.
Choosing between Cresencio and another name?
See them side by side — full stats, history and a gentle verdict.
Compare side by sideIn a hurry? Just pick a winner — one tap, no sign-up, and you see how everyone else voted.
Weighing a whole shortlist? Add the rest in the builder, or settle it with a bracket.
Cast your vote
Which one would you pick?
Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.
US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
No advertising trackers and no data sellinghow we handle your dataindependent and founder-run, about Name Battle