Boys' name · since 1880
Creed
Creed has 5,920 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,605 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #663 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,920
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
5,920 babies have been named Creed since 1880, making it today's #663 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Creed recorded 5,920 times among boys since 1880, holding rank #663 nationally today, ahead of 95% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,605 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #663 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 5,920 born since 1880
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Creed ranks #1,605 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #663 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 5,920 born since 1880, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,605 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #663 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,920
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Creed's 5,920 recorded births place it above 96.47% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
37 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Creed compares
5,920 Top 12% higher than 88% of 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
Creed's all-time total is 16x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Creed | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,920 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 467 | 34 | 22,252 |
Creed's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Creed's full recorded timeline at 1961, 86% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 14% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1888, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 467 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Creed popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 467
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Creed popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2020 (Creed as girls' name)
Creed by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,391 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Creed's strongest decade.
2,391 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Creed births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 33
1880s
33 births
- 1890s 27
1890s
27 births
- 1900s 12
1900s
12 births
- 1910s 155
1910s
155 births
- 1920s 223
1920s
223 births
- 1930s 136
1930s
136 births
- 1940s 128
1940s
128 births
- 1950s 109
1950s
109 births
- 1960s 84
1960s
84 births
- 1970s 112
1970s
112 births
- 1980s 93
1980s
93 births
- 1990s 171
1990s
171 births
- 2000s 690
2000s
690 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,556 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,391 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,391 births (40% of all-time use).
How Creed compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Creed's total volume
Creed by state
Where Creed concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 654 | 11.0% |
| #2 | Oklahoma | | 318 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Missouri | | 226 | 3.8% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 201 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 194 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 139 | 2.3% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 133 | 2.2% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 125 | 2.1% |
654 of 5,920 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 37 reporting states.
Creed appears in 37 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Creed's data
- Texas records the most Creeds (654 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Creed: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Creed 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.