NameTides

Creed

Creed was the #663 boys' name in the US in 2025 (413 babies), and #1,035 in England & Wales and #1,500 in Canada.

Creed as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Creed as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandUSIrelandScotlandEngland & WalesCanada
Creed as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#663 (413)#1,035 (29)#762 (3)#344 (4)#676 (4)#1,500 (15)
2024#610 (467)#1,000 (30)#727 (3)#404 (3)#582 (5)#1,353 (16)
2023#672 (404)#814 (40)——#770 (3)#947 (25)
2022#653 (422)#1,011 (29)#522 (5)—#779 (3)#1,483 (13)
2021#681 (391)#871 (35)———#1,478 (13)
2020#790 (294)#2,682 (7)——#741 (3)#1,838 (9)
2019#855 (260)#3,411 (5)———#1,998 (8)
2018#964 (215)#3,011 (6)———#2,740 (5)
2017#1,025 (196)#3,040 (6)———#1,720 (10)
2016#985 (207)————#2,428 (6)
2015#1,340 (131)—————
2014#1,285 (138)#4,632 (3)————
2013#1,326 (129)—————
2012#1,428 (116)—————
2011#1,866 (75)—————

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #610.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Creed is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 4,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Creed by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #411WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #226NDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: #829MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #171SDIowa: #331IAIndiana: #668INOhio: #513OHPennsylvania: #742PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,687CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: #244NEMissouri: #281MOKentucky: #281KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #670VAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #353ARTennessee: #430TNNorth Carolina: #621NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #328OKLouisiana: #487LAMississippi: #370MSAlabama: #484ALGeorgia: #482GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #575TXFlorida: #912FL
Creed (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2178

Creed (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CreedCanadaBoys#1,50015
CreedEngland & WalesBoys#1,03529
CreedIrelandBoys#6764
CreedNorthern IrelandBoys#3444
CreedScotlandBoys#7623
CreedUSGirls—too few
CreedUSBoys#663413