Creed Boy
How popular is Creed?
#663 boy name in 2025
413 baby boys were named Creed in the US in 2025, making it the 663rd most popular boy name.
Creed popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #663 for boys (▼ 53 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 413 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+215% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,340 in 2015, #790 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (467 boys) |
| Highest rank | #610 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Creed counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Creed family of names ranked #451 for boys in 2025 (#454 the year before), with 671 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Creed | 413 | 62% |
| Kreed | 251 | 37% |
| Creede | 7 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Creed is most popular
Babies named Creed per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 1.3 per 1,000 (42 boys)
- Oklahoma: 1.2 per 1,000 (104 boys)
- Nebraska: 1.0 per 1,000 (44 boys)
- Missouri: 1.0 per 1,000 (134 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.9 per 1,000 (49 boys)
Creed by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 33 | #701 |
| 1890s | 27 | #791 |
| 1900s | 12 | #1,063 |
| 1910s | 155 | #927 |
| 1920s | 223 | #1,282 |
| 1930s | 136 | #1,608 |
| 1940s | 128 | #1,785 |
| 1950s | 109 | #1,790 |
| 1960s | 84 | #2,120 |
| 1970s | 112 | #2,202 |
| 1980s | 93 | #3,097 |
| 1990s | 171 | #2,506 |
| 2000s | 690 | #1,396 |
| 2010s | 1,556 | #855 |
| 2020s | 2,391 | #610 |
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Questions
- Is Creed a boy or girl name?
- Creed is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Creed were boys.
- How popular is the name Creed?
- 413 baby boys were named Creed in the US in 2025, making it the 663rd most popular boy name.
- When was Creed most popular?
- Creed peaked in 2024, when 467 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #610 in 2024.
- How many people are named Creed?
- 5,925 babies have been named Creed in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,202 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Creed most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Creed was most common in West Virginia, at 1.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.