Cree
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KREE
- Origin
- Native American
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,133 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,088 for boys
Cree is a boys' name of Native American origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,133rd for boys in the UK (28 babies) and 3,088th for boys in the US (39 babies).
What does Cree mean?
Native American: from the name of the Cree people; also a Scottish river and surname
Shares its name with the Cree, an Indigenous people of Canada, and the River Cree in Galloway.
Is Cree a girl's or a boy's name?
Cree is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 boys in the UK and 21 girls and 39 boys in the US.
How popular is Cree in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,133rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the UK were named Cree, making it the 1,133rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 46 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Cree than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Cree in the UK since 1996 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 32 boys in the UK were given Cree or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #908, up from #1,133 for this spelling alone.
- Cree 28
- Kree 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,225th in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.
Cree in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #1,133 |
| 2024 | 46 | #803 |
| 2023 | 43 | #827 |
| 2022 | 40 | #863 |
| 2021 | 32 | #1,017 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
How popular is Cree in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,088th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 39 about 1 in 44,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 39 boys in the US were named Cree, making it the 3,088th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,815th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 120 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989. 21 girls were also named Cree in 2025 (5,721st for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Cree than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Cree in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 74 boys in the US were given Cree or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,761, up from #3,088 for this spelling alone.
- Cree 39
- Kree 35
In 1989, 87% of the babies named Cree in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 35%, with more boys than girls since 2012.
Cree in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,088 |
| 2024 | 77 | #1,997 |
| 2023 | 87 | #1,832 |
| 2022 | 120 | #1,504 |
| 2021 | 118 | #1,503 |
| 2020 | 82 | #1,815 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,227 |
| 2018 | 69 | #2,064 |
| 2017 | 47 | #2,636 |
| 2016 | 59 | #2,255 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,145 |
| 2014 | 73 | #1,958 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,277 |
| 2012 | 47 | #2,593 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
Names like Cree
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Cove, Cillian, Callan, Rowan, Ronan, Cassian, Finley, Flynn, Albie, Brody, Lochlan
Other spellings of Cree
Names related to Cree
More Native American names
Dakota, Tallulah, Nayeli, Winona, Kenai, Xochitl, Xitlali, Citlali, Alaska, Talulah, Sequoia, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, Lakota, Wynonna
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Cree: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cree, updated 20 October 2026.