How Many People Are Named Creighton?
people named Creighton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 116,253 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,780 babies named Creighton in Social Security records from 1906 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
81 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from a place name, originally from Gaelic crioch "border" combined with Old English tun "town".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Creighton, 0.5% were girls and 99.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Creighton alive today is about 33 years old, and 52% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 48 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Creighton first appears in the records in 1906 and was given most often in 2007, to 81 babies. In 2025, 29 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1906 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Creighton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,155, in 1944. In 2025 it ranked #3,773.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,773 |
| Best rank | #1,155 (1944) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,025 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Creighton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Creighton were born in Nebraska than in any other state: about 143 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Creighton was given 49.2 times as often in Nebraska, 12.4 times in Kansas and 2.2 times in Texas.
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