Creed

Where Creed comes from

From the Old English personal name Creoda.
— Wiktionary's entry for Creed
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #745 among boys — 7 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1929
    Creed Taylor born
    American record producer
  3. 1943
    Creed Bratton born
    American actor and musician
  4. 2024
    Peak, #610
    467 babies named Creed — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Creed Taylor · American record producer, 1929–2022
  • Creed Bratton · American actor and musician, born 1943
  • Creed Humphrey · American football player, born 1999
  • Creed Burlingame · United States admiral, 1905–1985

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.