Creed

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Creed is ranked 612th among boys in 2024 (465 births). Its best rank was 612th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #612up 62 from 2023
Births in 2024: 4650.03% of boys
Peak year: 2024465 births
Best rank: #612in 2024
Since 1880: 5,504people given the name

Babies named Creed, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

5,504 boys have been named Creed in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 465 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2020s alone account for 36%. It has spent 17 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Creed
1880s	33
1890s	27
1900s	12
1910s	155
1920s	223
1930s	136
1940s	128
1950s	109
1960s	84
1970s	112
1980s	93
1990s	171
2000s	690
2010s	1,556
2020s	1,975

In 2024, its biggest year

Creed was the 612th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Creed

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

Kreed1,218 ever

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.