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Cree

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Cree is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 29 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
290.00% of girls
Peak year
199189 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1989
2,192people given the name
Babies named Cree, by year of birthgirlsboys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,103 girls have been named Cree in the United States since 1989, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 89 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 1990s alone account for 34%.

Cree is used for both sexes: 50% of its bearers are boys (1,089), most of them born around 2022.

By decade

Decadegirls named Cree
1980s33
1990s371
2000s168
2010s323
2020s208

In 1991, its biggest year

Cree was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1991 were Ashley, Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1991.

Names that rose and fell with Cree

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.