Unisex name · since 2013
Credence
137 babies named Credence in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,357 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,094 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 137
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Credence is the #6094 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 137 recorded since 2013.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Credence has been recorded 137 times among boys since 2013, currently ranked #6094 nationally and more common than 56% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- #15,357 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,094 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 137 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Credence ranks #15,357 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,094 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 137 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,357 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,094 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 137
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Credence's 137 recorded births place it above 66.15% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Credence compares
137 31st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Credence's all-time total is 63% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Credence | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 137 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 34 | 22,252 |
Credence's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Credence's full recorded timeline at 2020, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Credence popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Credence popularity over time - girls
21 total births recorded since 2014 (Credence as girls' name)
Credence by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (89 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Credence's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Credence births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
- 2020s
2020s
89 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 89 births (65% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Credence: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~12 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2013–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Credence draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.