Creedence
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- KREE-dens
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,847 for boys
Creedence is a name of English origin, meaning “belief, trust”. In 2025 it ranked 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Creedence mean?
English: respelling of credence, from Latin credentia
“belief, trust”
This spelling is best known from the American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Is Creedence a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Creedence has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 28 boys in the US.
How popular is Creedence in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,847among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Creedence, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
2025 had fewer boys named Creedence than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Creedence in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 50 boys in the US were given Creedence or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,210, up from #3,847 for this spelling alone.
- Creedence 28
- Credence 15
- Kreedence 7
Girls were 45% of the babies named Creedence in the US in 2015, and 16% in 2023.
Creedence in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,004 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,001 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,917 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,140 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
Names like Creedence
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cove Kyaire Case Colson Caspian Ridge Sincere Callan Ace Legend Colter Sevyn
Other spellings of Creedence
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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, “Creedence: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/creedence, updated 20 October 2026.