Creighton
Creighton was given to 29 boys in 2025, #3,773 among boys’ names; 3,780 Americans have been recorded with it since 1906 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,920 Americans named Creighton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (77% of everyone recorded); the median is 29 years old and half are between 16 and 49.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Creighton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Creighton mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Creighton is “a male given name.”
Variant of Crichton.
/ˈkɹeɪtən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Creighton?
#3,773 among boys’ names, 2025
Creighton fell from #2,491 in 2015 to #3,773 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 26.1 to 17.0 per million.
81 babies in 2007, the peak
Creighton peaked in 2007, when 81 boys were given it, #1,797 among boys’ names. The 29 births of 2025 are 36% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,773 | 17.0 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,814 | 16.8 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,016 | 24.0 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,550 | 18.3 |
| 2021 | 34 | #3,370 | 19.4 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,626 | 27.8 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,581 | 17.3 |
| 2018 | 45 | #2,715 | 24.8 |
| 2017 | 40 | #2,967 | 21.6 |
| 2016 | 47 | #2,634 | 24.8 |
Every recorded year (116)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 50 | #2,491 | 26.1 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,235 | 31.2 |
| 2013 | 61 | #2,168 | 32.2 |
| 2012 | 67 | #2,051 | 35.3 |
| 2011 | 62 | #2,131 | 32.6 |
| 2010 | 71 | #1,958 | 37.0 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,293 | 28.7 |
| 2008 | 74 | #1,937 | 36.3 |
| 2007 | 81 | #1,797 | 39.0 |
| 2006 | 55 | #2,290 | 26.8 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,132 | 28.5 |
| 2004 | 51 | #2,245 | 25.7 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,103 | 26.8 |
| 2002 | 58 | #1,919 | 29.9 |
| 2001 | 64 | #1,763 | 32.9 |
| 2000 | 72 | #1,625 | 36.7 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,102 | 23.4 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,939 | 14.1 |
| 1997 | 55 | #1,755 | 29.2 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,018 | 22.7 |
| 1995 | 45 | #1,884 | 23.6 |
| 1994 | 47 | #1,825 | 24.3 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,010 | 20.4 |
| 1992 | 42 | #1,918 | 21.0 |
| 1991 | 44 | #1,798 | 21.8 |
| 1990 | 32 | #2,220 | 15.6 |
| 1989 | 34 | #2,068 | 17.0 |
| 1988 | 42 | #1,671 | 21.9 |
| 1987 | 53 | #1,384 | 28.4 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,967 | 16.3 |
| 1985 | 34 | #1,765 | 18.4 |
| 1984 | 46 | #1,401 | 25.5 |
| 1983 | 32 | #1,756 | 17.9 |
| 1982 | 33 | #1,736 | 18.2 |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,638 | 20.1 |
| 1980 | 36 | #1,627 | 20.2 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,246 | 12.8 |
| 1978 | 25 | #1,976 | 15.2 |
| 1977 | 36 | #1,547 | 21.9 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,508 | 22.9 |
| 1975 | 38 | #1,435 | 24.3 |
| 1974 | 38 | #1,391 | 24.2 |
| 1973 | 41 | #1,298 | 26.3 |
| 1972 | 36 | #1,421 | 22.2 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,218 | 26.0 |
| 1970 | 41 | #1,299 | 22.1 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,469 | 16.8 |
| 1968 | 25 | #1,582 | 14.4 |
| 1967 | 25 | #1,543 | 14.3 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,906 | 9.5 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,995 | 8.6 |
| 1964 | 25 | #1,587 | 12.5 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,915 | 8.9 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,208 | 6.8 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,740 | 10.4 |
| 1960 | 23 | #1,697 | 10.8 |
| 1959 | 22 | #1,727 | 10.3 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,692 | 10.4 |
| 1957 | 32 | #1,394 | 14.8 |
| 1956 | 28 | #1,488 | 13.2 |
| 1955 | 31 | #1,375 | 15.0 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,841 | 8.8 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,521 | 12.7 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,412 | 14.9 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,431 | 14.3 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,473 | 14.0 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,301 | 17.5 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,495 | 13.7 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,399 | 15.3 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,303 | 17.9 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,385 | 17.1 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,155 | 24.2 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,496 | 15.4 |
| 1942 | 23 | #1,474 | 16.7 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,926 | 11.4 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,643 | 15.5 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,083 | 10.8 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,512 | 8.1 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,838 | 14.1 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,205 | 10.6 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,277 | 10.6 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,735 | 16.5 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,551 | 20.2 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,598 | 19.2 |
| 1931 | 29 | #1,289 | 27.9 |
| 1930 | 25 | #1,470 | 22.8 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,686 | 18.6 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,531 | 21.7 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,481 | 23.1 |
| 1926 | 29 | #1,360 | 26.1 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,109 | 13.4 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,423 | 24.7 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,768 | 18.2 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,061 | 14.7 |
| 1921 | 17 | #1,997 | 15.4 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,332 | 28.2 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,078 | 15.3 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,015 | 15.8 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,335 | 29.2 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,603 | 22.5 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,338 | 13.0 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,137 | 15.3 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,702 | 21.5 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,628 | 11.6 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,179 | 42.7 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,281 | 37.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Creighton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Creighton has been given almost only to boys: 16 girls in 116 years of records.
Girls and boys named Creighton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Creighton, and how old are they?
2,920 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 77% of the 3,780 Americans ever recorded as Creighton. The median Creighton alive today is 29 years old; half are between 16 and 49.
The 2020 Census counted 2,751 people named Creighton (87 women and girls, 2,664 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,852 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 68 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 307 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 451 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 602 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 945 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 548 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Creighton born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 5 | #894 | 0.1× |
Where Creighton is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Creighton is most over-represented in Nebraska: since 1910 it was given 4.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Creighton with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 3,869 babies since 1880, Creighton is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 29 of their 39 babies (74%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Creighton
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Creighton and names like it
- Compare Creighton and KreightonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sCreighton peaked in 2007.
- Nebraska’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Creighton since 1910.
- The top names of 2007The year the most babies were named Creighton.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Creighton alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with CMost given first.