Creighton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KRAY-tun
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #3,756 for boys
Creighton is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “border settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Creighton mean?
Scottish: surname from Crichton in Midlothian
“border settlement”
Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, is named after the Creighton family whose gifts founded it.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Creighton a girl's or a boy's name?
Creighton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Creighton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,756among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Creighton, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,616th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 81 boys. It first appears in the records in 1906.
Half of all the boys named Creighton in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Creighton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,004 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 34 | #3,360 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,568 |
| 2018 | 45 | #2,707 |
| 2017 | 40 | #2,950 |
| 2016 | 47 | #2,625 |
| 2015 | 50 | #2,485 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,228 |
| 2013 | 61 | #2,164 |
| 2012 | 67 | #2,048 |
| 2011 | 62 | #2,128 |
| 2010 | 71 | #1,956 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 74 | #1,932 |
| 2007 | 81 | #1,795 |
| 2006 | 55 | #2,284 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,125 |
| 2004 | 51 | #2,234 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,098 |
| 2002 | 58 | #1,912 |
| 2001 | 64 | #1,759 |
| 2000 | 72 | #1,625 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,095 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,923 |
| 1997 | 55 | #1,750 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,013 |
| 1995 | 45 | #1,882 |
| 1994 | 47 | #1,817 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,002 |
| 1992 | 42 | #1,909 |
| 1991 | 44 | #1,792 |
| 1990 | 32 | #2,209 |
| 1989 | 34 | #2,062 |
| 1988 | 42 | #1,666 |
| 1987 | 53 | #1,377 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,960 |
| 1985 | 34 | #1,763 |
| 1984 | 46 | #1,398 |
| 1983 | 32 | #1,747 |
| 1982 | 33 | #1,733 |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,628 |
| 1980 | 36 | #1,619 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1978 | 25 | #1,965 |
| 1977 | 36 | #1,546 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,501 |
| 1975 | 38 | #1,429 |
| 1974 | 38 | #1,388 |
| 1973 | 41 | #1,294 |
| 1972 | 36 | #1,418 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,214 |
| 1970 | 41 | #1,296 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,463 |
| 1968 | 25 | #1,573 |
| 1967 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 25 | #1,580 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,901 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,185 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,730 |
| 1960 | 23 | #1,691 |
| 1959 | 22 | #1,708 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,676 |
| 1957 | 32 | #1,387 |
| 1956 | 28 | #1,479 |
| 1955 | 31 | #1,369 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,825 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,405 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,429 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,463 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,486 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,393 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,298 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,377 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,152 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 1942 | 23 | #1,467 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,903 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,828 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,184 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,725 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,540 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,584 |
| 1931 | 29 | #1,282 |
| 1930 | 25 | #1,463 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,522 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,468 |
| 1926 | 29 | #1,353 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,088 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,414 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1921 | 17 | #1,979 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,323 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,062 |
| 1918 | 16 | #1,997 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,322 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,593 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,675 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
Names like Creighton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Creighton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/creighton, updated 20 October 2026.