How Many People Are Named Cree?
people named Cree are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 153,266 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,253 babies named Cree in Social Security records from 1989 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
167 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of a Native American tribe of central Canada. Their name derives via French from the Cree word kiristino.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Cree, 49.8% were girls and 50.2% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Cree fell from 86.3% in the 1990s to 30.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cree alive today is about 13 years old, and 84% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cree first appears in the records in 1989 and was given most often in 2021, to 167 babies. In 2025, 60 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1989 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cree has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,503, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #3,095. Among girls, its best rank was #1,665, in 1991.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,095 | #5,759 |
| Best rank | #1,503 (2021) | #1,665 (1991) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,825 in the 2020s | #3,179 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cree alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cree were born in Texas than in any other state: about 126 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cree was given 4.8 times as often in Georgia and 2.4 times in Texas.
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