Girls' name · since 1881
Crete
14 babies named Crete in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 1882. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #50,450 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 14
- born since 1881
- 1880s
- peak decade
Crete is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 14 have been recorded since 1881.
Social Security Administration records show Crete recorded 14 times among girls since 1881, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1880s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1881 to 1882.
- #50,450 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 14 born since 1881
- 1880s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Crete ranks #50,450 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 14 born since 1881, peaking in the 1880s.
- #50,450 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 14
- born since 1881
- 1880s
- peak decade
Crete's 14 recorded births place it above 29.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Crete's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Crete splits its recorded history at 1882: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1881 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1882 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Crete popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1881–1882
- Peak year (1882)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Crete by decade
1880s is the heaviest window (14 births, 100% of the file).
1880s was Crete's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Crete births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1880s at 14 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Crete: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1882)
Similar record span (~1 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, 1881–1882 (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 Crete 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.