Is Cree a boy or girl name?

Cree is a unisex name. Of the 2,253 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 49.9% were girls and 50.1% were boys. It changed hands in 2012, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Cree

Recorded 1989–2025 · United States

Cree was most popular in 2021, when 167 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,485 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,960, with 60 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,253 people named Cree.

Cree over time

Births per year. The dot marks Cree’s peak in 2021. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Cree a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Cree is a unisex name — 49.9% of the 2,253 Americans given it were girls and 50.1% were boys. It changed hands: since 2012 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 33% girls and 67% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Cree

Where Cree is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org