Creed
- Pronunciation
- [Creed]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Belief: Guiding Principle.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Creed
Creed comes from the English word for a system of belief or guiding principle, drawn ultimately from the Latin credo, "I believe." As a given name it carries a clear sense of conviction and purpose, part of a modern taste for strong, meaning-forward virtue names like Justice, True, and Royal. Pronounced Creed, its single bold syllable gives it a rugged, decisive sound that has resonated with contemporary parents seeking names that feel principled and grounded without being old-fashioned, lending it a quietly muscular character.
Creed first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2016 and has climbed steadily ever since. It reached its peak in 2024 at its best national rank of #612, the strongest point in a rising trajectory that moved from #652 in 2022 to #674 in 2023 before its 2024 high. Across its top-1000 years it accounts for 2,657 births, with momentum clearly and consistently upward — a name still on the way up, gaining ground each year rather than fading.
The name's appeal is its punchy, principled strength — short, memorable, and full of conviction, with a meaning that any parent can stand behind. Its single syllable makes it striking and easy to pair with longer surnames. The recorded variant is Creedon, a longer, surname-style alternative that softens the crisp original into something a touch more traditional.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Creed
US Popularity History (2016–2025)
Annual US births named Creed by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2024 with 465 boys named Creed (boy rank #612 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #663 for boys (413 US births). That's 51 places below its 2024 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Creed Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Creed the strongest states are Oklahoma, West Virginia, Nebraska.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma | #235 | 201 |
| 2 | West Virginia | #255 | 73 |
| 3 | Nebraska | #338 | 40 |
| 4 | Arkansas | #367 | 76 |
| 5 | Idaho | #374 | 18 |
| 6 | Missouri | #396 | 160 |
| 7 | Kansas | #397 | 55 |
| 8 | Mississippi | #399 | 50 |
| 9 | Louisiana | #455 | 107 |
| 10 | Iowa | #457 | 46 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | #966 | 16 |
| 2 | Michigan | #844 | 48 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | #810 | 49 |
| 4 | Illinois | #769 | 47 |
| 5 | North Carolina | #741 | 48 |
| 6 | Colorado | #703 | 25 |
| 7 | Virginia | #698 | 40 |
| 8 | Texas | #695 | 352 |
| 9 | Georgia | #695 | 113 |
| 10 | Minnesota | #666 | 36 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Creed in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creedon | A Surname Meaning Belief: Guiding Principle. | Male | Irish |
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Compare Creed to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Creed against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).