Creek — #3941 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Creek

The Social Security Administration has registered 425 babies named Creek between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Creek currently holds the #3941 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 54 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Creek performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 185 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Creek shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Creek in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Creek 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 425 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.