Creighton

Last seen for girls in 2017 at #15,902 · #3,757 for boys in 2025, 29 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1944 · 33 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,764
since 1906

Creighton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Creighton has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #1,152, 1944boys
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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#3,75729
2024#3,79329
2023#3,00541
2022#3,53332
2021#3,36234
2020#2,61748
2019#3,57131
2018#2,70845
2017#15,9025#2,95140
2016#2,62647
2015#2,48650
2014#2,23060
2013#2,16561
2012#2,04967
2011#2,12962
2010#1,95771
2009#2,28757
2008#15,4056#1,93274
2007#1,79581
2006#17,1685#2,28555
2005#2,12957
2004#2,23851
2003#2,10253
2002#1,91658
2001#1,76364
2000#1,62972
1999#2,09845
1998#2,92627
1997#1,75355
1996#2,01743
1995#1,88745
1994#1,82247
1993#2,00740
1992#1,91442
1991#1,79844
1990#2,21432
1989#2,06834
1988#1,67142
1987#1,37953
1986#1,96230
1985#1,76434
1984#1,39946
1983#1,74832
1982#1,73433
1981#1,62936
1980#1,61936
1979#2,23622
1978#1,96525
1977#1,54636
1976#1,50236
1975#1,42938
1974#1,38838
1973#1,29441
1972#1,41836
1971#1,21446
1970#1,29741
1969#1,46330
1968#1,57425
1967#1,54025
1966#1,89117
1965#1,98716
1964#1,58125
1963#1,90218
1962#2,18614
1961#1,73122
1960#1,69223
1959#1,70922
1958#1,67722
1957#1,38832
1956#1,48028
1955#1,37031
1954#1,82618
1953#1,50825
1952#1,40629
1951#1,43027
1950#1,46425
1949#1,29731
1948#1,48724
1947#1,39428
1946#1,29929
1945#1,37823
1944#1,15233
1943#1,48622
1942#1,46723
1941#1,90314
1940#1,62718
1939#2,05012
1938#2,4799
1937#1,82815
1936#2,18411
1935#2,24611
1934#1,72517
1933#1,54020
1932#1,58420
1931#1,28229
1930#1,46325
1929#1,67220
1928#1,52224
1927#1,46826
1926#1,35329
1925#2,08915
1924#1,41428
1923#1,75320
1922#2,04016
1921#1,98017
1920#1,32330
1919#2,06315
1918#1,99816
1917#1,32227
1916#1,59420
1915#2,31011
1914#2,10110
1913#1,67611
1912#2,5445
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1909#1,1557
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1906#1,2535
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First appearance
1906

The first year at least five boys were named Creighton! It came in at #1,253, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1906–1908, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Creighton
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 36 spots since 2024 (#3,793#3,757)
  • 1,140 spots since 2020 (#2,617#3,757)
  • 1,271 spots since 2015 (#2,486#3,757)
Rise & fade · boys
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1906
  • Peaked 1944 at #1,152 (33 births)
  • Births halved by 1962, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 23,428
  • Highest: 1 in 23,428 boys born in 1909 were named Creighton (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 58,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,152 in 1944, was only 1 in 41,299 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 16.5% of all boys named Creighton (622) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s12#1,155 (1909)#1,204
1910s115#1,322 (1917)#1,951
1920s225#1,323 (1920)#1,661
1930s169#1,282 (1931)#1,838
1940s245#1,152 (1944)#1,449
1950s259#1,370 (1955)#1,526
1960s215#1,463 (1969)#1,755
1970s359#1,214 (1971)#1,529
1980s376#1,379 (1987)#1,697
1990s420#1,753 (1997)#2,044
2000s622#1,629 (2000)#2,008
2010s534#1,957 (2010)#2,487
2020s213#2,617 (2020)#3,345

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.

Creighton in 1984

boys
#1,399
46 births · 1 in 39,236 boys

Top boys' names in 1984

  1. #1Michael67,735
  2. #2Christopher60,021
  3. #3Matthew49,767
  4. #4Joshua40,266
  5. #5David38,492
  6. #6Daniel36,531
  7. #7James35,859
  8. #8John32,610
  9. #9Robert31,768
  10. #10Joseph30,513
  11. #1,399Creighton46
More about 1984

boys

1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 39,236 of them was named Creighton, which outranked 80.9% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Creighton
  1. #1,382Trinidad47
  2. #1,382Tristen47
  3. #1,382Ulises47
  4. #1,399Creighton46
  5. #1,399Arnaldo46
  6. #1,399Brittany46
  7. #1,399Corry46
  8. #1,422Alessandro45
  9. #1,422Antonia45
  10. #1,422Basil45

Tied with 22 names at #1,399; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. 958Ryne#1,562#604
  2. 472Rachel#1,448#976
  3. 399Zebulon#1,375#976
  4. 359Travon#1,327#968
  5. 347Mackenzie#1,347#1,000
Fallers
  1. 741Trumaine#949#1,690
  2. 422Basil#1,000#1,422
  3. 240Alfonzo#1,000#1,240
  4. 208Jasen#804#1,012
  5. 205Woodrow#949#1,154

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

See the top 100 for 1984