Creed

What Creed means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Creed yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,340 in 2015, #663 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Creed?

US: Rising: up from #1340 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 467 boys got the name (#610 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 4,136 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 9,377 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SD (2.08 per 1,000 boys), ND (1.49 per 1,000 boys), NE (1.13 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Creed is #663 in the US and #1035 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Creed were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kreed251 US · 10 E&W
• Creede7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Creed

Boys

• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Ezekiel#61“God strengthens”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*

For a sister

• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Rory#230“red-haired king”^*
• Kailani#253“sea + sky”^*
• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*
• Kaylani#185Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,054 in 2015, #185 in 2025
• Eliza#115Editor’s note Up from #175 in 2015 to #115 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Creed’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.