Kreighton — #12859 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kreighton

The Social Security Administration has registered 78 babies named Kreighton between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kreighton currently holds the #12859 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kreighton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kreighton shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kreighton 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 78 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.