Credence
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KREE-dens
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Credence is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “belief, trust”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Credence mean?
English: spelling of Creedence; respelling of credence, from Latin credentia
“belief, trust”
This spelling is best known from the American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Meaning borrowed from Creedence.
Is Credence a girl's or a boy's name?
Credence is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Credence in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Credence, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 2013.
Half of all the boys named Credence in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 50 boys in the US were given Credence or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,210, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
- Creedence 28
- Credence 15
- Kreedence 7
Credence in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
Names like Credence
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Truce, Cove, Chozen, Sincere, Colson, Crew, Ace, Wylder, Ledger, Archer, Kyaire, Coast
Other spellings of Credence
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Credence: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/credence, updated 20 October 2026.