# Creighton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/creighton/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɹeɪtən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,780 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,764 / 16 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Variant of Crichton.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | 17,737 |
| 2008 | 6 | 15,840 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,424 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 62 | 2,132 |
| 2012 | 67 | 2,052 |
| 2013 | 61 | 2,169 |
| 2014 | 60 | 2,237 |
| 2015 | 50 | 2,492 |
| 2016 | 47 | 2,635 |
| 2017 | 40 | 2,968 |
| 2018 | 45 | 2,716 |
| 2019 | 31 | 3,584 |
| 2020 | 48 | 2,627 |
| 2021 | 34 | 3,373 |
| 2022 | 32 | 3,552 |
| 2023 | 41 | 3,018 |
| 2024 | 29 | 3,816 |
| 2025 | 29 | 3,774 |

## People named Creighton

- Creighton Hale, American actor (1882–1965)
- Carol Burnett, American actress, comedian and singer (born 1933)
- Lon Chaney Jr., American actor (1906–1974)

## 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.