Creta

Girl · recorded 1898–1963

  • 1963last recorded
  • 1898best year

Most popular in 1898.

Last recorded in 1963. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Creta.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1898

0183518981914193119471963

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 42 recorded years as a table
Creta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189835
189921
190815
191015
191112
191511
191616
191710
19188
19197
192011
19215
19236
19246
192510
192611
19277
192811
19294
19309
19319
19327
193310
193415
19357
19369
19385
19397
19407
19414
19427
19435
19445
19475
19494
19505
19514
19543
19563
19573
19583
19633

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Creta isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1963
6
Rank in 1963
#5,891
How rare
1 in 321,251 girls
Since 1898
350

Creta was last recorded in 1963. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1898, at 35 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Creta doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.