Creek
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KREEK
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Creek is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “small stream”. In 2025 it ranked 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Creek mean?
English: the English word
“small stream”
Also the English name of the Muscogee (Creek) people of the American South-east.
Is Creek a girl's or a boy's name?
Creek is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Creek in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,657among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Creek, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 54 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Creek in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Creek in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 54 | #2,479 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
Names like Creek
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Crew Ash Kash Dash Colson Caspian Rhodes Karter River Veer Briggs Saint
More English names
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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, “Creek: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/creek, updated 20 October 2026.