Creed — #612 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Creed

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,504 babies named Creed between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Creed currently holds the #612 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 465 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Creed performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,975 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Creed shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 600 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Creed in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Creed 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 5,504 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.