Boys' name · since 1997
Kreed
Kreed has 1,469 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,010 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #937 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,469
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kreed currently ranks #937 among boys' names in America, with 1,469 babies recorded since 1997.
Kreed has 1,469 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #937 as of the latest data, more common than 93% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #4,010 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #937 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,469 born since 1997
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kreed ranks #4,010 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #937 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,469 born since 1997, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,010 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #937 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,469
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kreed's 1,469 recorded births place it above 91.18% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
27 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Kreed compares
1,469 Top 26% higher than 74% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kreed's all-time total is 4x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kreed | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,469 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 251 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kreed's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kreed's full recorded timeline at 2013, 91% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 9% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 251 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kreed popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 251
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Kreed popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2023 (Kreed as girls' name)
Kreed by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (958 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Kreed's strongest decade.
958 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Kreed births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 70
2000s
70 births
- 2010s
2010s
431 births
- 2020s
2020s
958 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 958 births (65% of all-time use).
How Kreed compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Kreed's total volume
Kreed by state
Where Kreed concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 190 | 12.9% |
| #2 | Oklahoma | | 87 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 76 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 39 | 2.7% |
| #5 | Missouri | | 36 | 2.5% |
| #6 | Florida | | 34 | 2.3% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 34 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 33 | 2.2% |
190 of 1,469 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Kreed appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Kreeds (190 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1997–2025 (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 Kreed 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.