Recorded 1915–1943 Girls' name Peak 1915 37 births

Creda — girls' name

37 babies named Creda in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1910s
Peak decade

32% of everyone ever named Creda was born in this single decade.

1915
Single peak year

6 babies were named Creda in 1915 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Creda

The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Creda between 1915 and 1943, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Creda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1943. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Creda performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Creda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Creda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 37 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Creda at a glance

Last recorded 1943

Total births

37

Since 1915

29 years of records

Peak year

1915

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1910s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1943

Active since

1915

Recorded for 29 years

Last year on file: 1943

Creda popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–1915

Last recorded 1943
Peak year (1915)
6
Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
4.555.566.5 1943193819301925192419191915 6

Creda by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1910s
Peak decade
1910s
12 births that decade — 32% of Creda's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Creda?
37 babies have been named Creda since 1915. It was last recorded in 1943. The peak year was 1915 with 6 births.
When was Creda most popular?
Creda was most popular in the 1910s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 1915.
How long has the name Creda been used?
Creda has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 29 years of data through 1943.
What names are similar to Creda?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Creola, Cree, Cressie, Creta, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–1943 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.