Creon
Creon is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek Mythology.
- Greek Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Creon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Creon is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek Mythology.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek Mythology
The Story of Creon
The earliest SSA record of Creon as a baby boy name dates back to 1972, when 5 babies received it. 1972 was its biggest year on record, with 5 newborns named Creon — #4,986 in the national rankings. About 50% of every Creon on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Creon last appeared in the published SSA data in 1990, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Creon
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Creon. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Kreon
Names that sound like Creon
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Creon
Creon is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 10 births in the dataset. Creon's peak popularity came in 1972 when it ranked #4,986. Use the chart and map above to compare Creon's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.