# Creed (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/creed/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /kɹiːd/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,925 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,920 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 190, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the Old English personal name Creoda.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 15,652 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 75 | 1,872 |
| 2012 | 116 | 1,431 |
| 2013 | 129 | 1,327 |
| 2014 | 138 | 1,287 |
| 2015 | 131 | 1,342 |
| 2016 | 207 | 986 |
| 2017 | 196 | 1,025 |
| 2018 | 215 | 964 |
| 2019 | 260 | 855 |
| 2020 | 294 | 791 |
| 2021 | 391 | 681 |
| 2022 | 422 | 653 |
| 2023 | 404 | 672 |
| 2024 | 467 | 610 |
| 2025 | 413 | 663 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 35 | 871 |
| 2022 | 29 | 1,011 |
| 2023 | 40 | 814 |
| 2024 | 30 | 1,000 |
| 2025 | 29 | 1,035 |

## People named Creed

- Creed Bratton, American actor and musician (born 1943)
- Creed Taylor, American record producer (1929–2022)
- Creed Humphrey, American football player (born 1999)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.