Creed

“Uncertain meaning; from the Old English personal name Creoda” — Old English personal name (Creoda) origin

Boy's name · #663 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Creed reached its best rank, #610, in 2024 and ranked #663 in 2025. About 5,900 boys have carried it since 1880. In Mississippi and Louisiana it runs about 3× its national rate. Creed climbed in 2016, possibly helped by the 2015 boxing film Creed, as SSA suggested. Together with its spelling variant Kreed (#936), Creed would rank around #465 with about 660 births last year — the newborns split about 62/38 between Creed and Kreed.

Around the world: about 1 in 2,100 boys in N. Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 5,900 boys in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 6,500 boys in Scotland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 35 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Creeds

Creed Bratton — American actor and musician
Creed Taylor — American record producer (1929–2022)
Creed Humphrey — American football player (born 1999)
Creed Burlingame — United States admiral (1905-1985)
Creed C. Hammond — United States Army General (1874-1940)

In stories & tradition

Creed Bratton — The Office
Creed — Undead Unluck

Similar names: Kreed · Ledger · Krish · Huxley · Kolt · Reed

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