Creighton
Recorded 1906–2025 · United States
Creighton was most popular in 2007, when 81 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,095 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,077, with 29 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,780 people named Creighton.
Creighton over time
How old is the name Creighton?
Creighton first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1906, which makes it about 119 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 116 of the 120 years since.
How many people are named Creighton?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,780 American births named Creighton between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,951 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Creighton in 2025?
29 American babies were named Creighton in 2025, ranking #8,077 that year.
Is Creighton getting more or less popular?
Creighton is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 33 births a year, against 60 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -45% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Creighton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Creighton is a boy’s name — 0.4% of the 3,780 Americans given it were girls and 99.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 1% girls and 99% 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.
How old is someone named Creighton?
Roughly 2,951 Americans named Creighton are alive today — 78% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 29 years old, and half are between 16 and 50. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Creighton 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