How Many People Are Named Creston?
An estimated 606 people in the United States have the first name Creston. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 40 years old, and Creston peaked in popularity in 1989 with 19 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Creston as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Creston paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
606
About 1 in 565,601 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
40
years old
Peak Year
1989
19 births
Total Registered
835
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Creston
Creston is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 835 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Creston as a male name
Ranked #9,135 in 2024
8 male births in 2024
Peak: 1989 (19 births)
Creston: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Creston span from the 1900s to the 2020s, covering 13 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 117 babies were registered. Creston has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Creston by Decade
How has Creston tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Creston + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Creston as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Creston
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Creston: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Creston?
We estimate approximately 606 people named Creston are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 565,601 Americans share this first name.
Is Creston a common name?
Creston is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 86.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 835 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Creston most popular?
Creston reached peak popularity in 1989, when 19 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Creston is approximately 40 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Creston a male name?
Creston is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Creston Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Creston Smith, Creston Johnson, Creston Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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