Boys' name · since 1952
Creg
247 babies named Creg in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,728 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 247
- born since 1952
- 1970s
- peak decade
Creg is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 247 have been recorded since 1952.
Creg has 247 recorded births among boys since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 2004.
- #11,728 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 247 born since 1952
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Creg ranks #11,728 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 247 born since 1952, peaking in the 1970s.
- #11,728 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 247
- born since 1952
- 1970s
- peak decade
Creg's 247 recorded births place it above 74.15% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Creg's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Creg's SSA record in two at 1973 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1955, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1973 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Creg popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2004
- Peak year (1973)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Creg by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (93 births, 38% of the file).
1970s was Creg's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Creg births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 35
1950s
35 births
- 1960s
1960s
49 births
- 1970s
1970s
93 births
- 1980s
1980s
38 births
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 93 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Creg's decade-level peak was the 1970s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Creg: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1952–2004 (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 Creg 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.