Creed

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088 · #663 for boys in 2025, 413 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2024 · 467 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,920
since 1880

Creed over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Creed has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201897boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#663413
2024—#610467
2023—#672404
2022—#653422
2021—#681391
2020#15,0885#790294
2019—#855260
2018—#964215
2017—#1,025196
2016—#985207
2015—#1,340131
2014—#1,285138
2013—#1,326129
2012—#1,428116
2011—#1,86675
2010—#1,71389
2009—#1,68893
2008—#1,89976
2007—#2,05167
2006—#2,01066
2005—#2,06160
2004—#2,07557
2003—#1,74969
2002—#1,88859
2001—#1,40089
2000—#1,92454
1999—#2,51035
1998—#3,70819
1997—#4,24615
1996—#4,18515
1995—#3,19121
1994—#4,29014
1993—#5,36010
1992—#3,74816
1991—#4,23113
1990—#4,16713
1989—#5,1659
1988—#3,35015
1987—#3,52113
1986—#5,3327
1985—#4,05210
1984—#3,92510
1983—#4,9077
1982—#4,5938
1981——
1980—#3,09814
1979—#3,81010
1978—#4,1578
1977—#2,20221
1976—#3,09512
1975—#4,3097
1974—#3,31810
1973—#2,71613
1972—#3,6228
1971—#2,68613
1970—#3,07110
1969—#2,21715
1968—#2,73510
1967——
1966—#2,62710
1965—#3,5376
1964—#3,2827
1963——
1962—#2,8489
1961—#2,40912
1960—#2,12115
1959—#2,41412
1958—#3,2757
1957—#1,79120
1956——
1955—#2,9648
1954—#2,20713
1953—#2,03815
1952—#2,25112
1951—#2,36711
1950—#2,32111
1949—#1,87216
1948—#2,44310
1947—#1,78618
1946—#2,14312
1945—#2,24210
1944—#1,98813
1943—#1,98614
1942—#2,14512
1941—#2,33310
1940—#1,98313
1939—#2,15911
1938—#2,6468
1937—#1,75616
1936—#2,18411
1935—#1,92914
1934—#1,60819
1933—#1,99713
1932—#2,31311
1931—#1,69318
1930—#1,96415
1929—#1,84817
1928—#1,56923
1927—#1,69221
1926—#1,40427
1925—#1,80619
1924—#1,53225
1923—#1,81619
1922—#1,28232
1921—#1,76620
1920—#1,74720
1919—#1,40826
1918—#1,59622
1917—#1,64320
1916—#1,50522
1915—#1,41023
1914—#2,4578
1913—#1,67611
1912—#2,5445
1911—#1,5376
1910—#92812
1909——
1908—#1,2176
1907——
1906——
1905——
1904—#1,0646
1903——
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1900——
1899——
1898——
1897—#8527
1896——
1895——
1894—#9546
1893——
1892—#7928
1891—#8416
1890——
1889——
1888—#1,0315
1887—#8196
1886——
1885——
1884—#7018
1883—#7207
1882——
1881——
1880—#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Creed was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Creed is popular in 1897

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Creed
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 53 spots since 2024 (#610 → #663)
  • 127 spots since 2020 (#790 → #663)
  • 677 spots since 2015 (#1,340 → #663)
  • Biggest jump: 355 spots in 2016 (#1,340 → #985)
  • Biggest drop: 609 spots in 1911 (#928 → #1,537)
Rise & fade · boys
144 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2024 at #610 (467 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 2018–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,689
  • Highest: 1 in 3,689 boys born in 2024 were named Creed (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,136 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 40.4% of all boys named Creed (2,391) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s33#701 (1884)#803
1890s27#792 (1892)#860
1900s12#1,064 (1904)#1,141
1910s155#928 (1910)#1,670
1920s223#1,282 (1922)#1,646
1930s136#1,608 (1934)#2,025
1940s128#1,786 (1947)#2,092
1950s109#1,791 (1957)#2,403
1960s84#2,121 (1960)#2,722
1970s112#2,202 (1977)#3,299
1980s93#3,098 (1980)#4,216
1990s171#2,510 (1999)#3,964
2000s690#1,400 (2001)#1,875
2010s1,556#855 (2019)#1,279
2020s2,391#610 (2024)#678

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Creed in 1897

boys
#852
7 births · 1 in 16,108 boys

Top boys' names in 1897

  1. #1John7,550
  2. #2William7,198
  3. #3James5,113
  4. #4George4,078
  5. #5Charles3,341
  6. #6Joseph2,827
  7. #7Frank2,726
  8. #8Robert2,701
  9. #9Edward2,121
  10. #10Henry1,994
  11. #852Creed7
More about 1897

boys

112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 16,108 of them was named Creed, which outranked 30.7% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Creed
  1. #787Wellington8
  2. #787West8
  3. #787Wilton8
  4. #852Creed7
  5. #852Alma7
  6. #852Antoine7
  7. #852Arvid7
  8. #942Agnes6
  9. #942Alec6
  10. #942Allison6

Tied with 89 names at #852; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1896
Risers
  1. ↑ 509Roswell#982 → #473
  2. ↑ 487Theron#982 → #495
  3. ↑ 486Alois#1,101 → #615
  4. ↑ 486Rush#1,101 → #615
  5. ↑ 467Helmer#982 → #515
Fallers
  1. ↓ 480Benton#462 → #942
  2. ↓ 465Louise#592 → #1,057
  3. ↓ 465Bradford#592 → #1,057
  4. ↓ 461Allison#481 → #942
  5. ↓ 424Hilliard#518 → #942

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1897 →