Creighton Boy
How popular is Creighton?
#3,756 boy name in 2025
29 baby boys were named Creighton in the US in 2025, making it the 3756th most popular boy name.
Creighton popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,756 for boys (▲ 35 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 29 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-42% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,485 in 2015, #2,616 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (81 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,152 in 1944 |
| First recorded | 1906 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Creighton counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Creighton family of names ranked #2,465 for boys in 2025 (#2,629 the year before), with 39 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Creighton | 29 | 74% |
| Kreighton | 10 | 26% |
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 Creighton is most popular
Babies named Creighton per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nebraska: 0.3 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Missouri: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Creighton by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 12 | #1,155 |
| 1910s | 115 | #1,322 |
| 1920s | 225 | #1,323 |
| 1930s | 169 | #1,282 |
| 1940s | 245 | #1,152 |
| 1950s | 259 | #1,369 |
| 1960s | 215 | #1,463 |
| 1970s | 359 | #1,214 |
| 1980s | 376 | #1,377 |
| 1990s | 420 | #1,750 |
| 2000s | 622 | #1,625 |
| 2010s | 534 | #1,956 |
| 2020s | 213 | #2,616 |
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Questions
- Is Creighton a boy or girl name?
- Creighton is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Creighton were boys.
- How popular is the name Creighton?
- 29 baby boys were named Creighton in the US in 2025, making it the 3756th most popular boy name.
- When was Creighton most popular?
- Creighton peaked in 2007, when 81 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,152 in 1944.
- How many people are named Creighton?
- 3,780 babies have been named Creighton in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,964 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 29.
- Where is Creighton most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Creighton was most common in Nebraska, at 0.3 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.