Creighton — #3782 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Creighton

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,735 babies named Creighton between 1906 and 2024, spanning 119 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Creighton currently holds the #3782 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 81 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Creighton performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 622 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Creighton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Nebraska, which accounts for 145 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Kansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Creighton in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Creighton 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 3,735 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.