Cree Boy & girl
How popular is Cree?
#3,088 boy name in 2025
39 baby boys were named Cree in the US in 2025, making it the 3088th most popular boy name. Another 21 girls got the name (#5,721 for girls).
Cree popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,088 for boys (▼ 1091 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 39 boys, 21 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-39% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,145 in 2015, #1,815 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (120 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,503 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1989 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 67% boys, 33% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cree counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cree family of names ranked #1,708 for boys in 2025 (#1,245 the year before), with 74 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cree | 39 | 53% |
| Kree | 35 | 47% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cree is most popular
Babies named Cree per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (30 boys)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (18 boys)
Cree by decade
Boy names about as popular as Cree
Questions
- Is Cree a boy or girl name?
- Cree is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 67% of babies named Cree were boys and 33% were girls.
- How popular is the name Cree?
- 39 baby boys were named Cree in the US in 2025, making it the 3088th most popular boy name. Another 21 girls got the name (#5,721 for girls).
- When was Cree most popular?
- Cree peaked in 2022, when 120 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,503 in 2021.
- How many people are named Cree?
- 2,253 babies have been named Cree in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,234 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Cree most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cree was most common in North Carolina, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.