Given name & surname
Cree
“a tribal name”
Cree is used as a given name and a surname. One Native American interpretation is “a tribal name.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “a tribal name.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cree through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,253
- 1,129 boys · 1,124 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 167 babies
- 2025
- 60
- #3,096 for boys · #5,760 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +23%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 67% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 39 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,096 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 38.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 21 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,403 as a first name in 2020; 1,581 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cree’s family of names
Cree has a related form in Crea. Cree has a related form in Crei. Cree has a related form in Creigh.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Cree
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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