Creighton
Creighton is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Male
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Great Britain
- US records 1880–2017
- 3,475 male / 16 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Creighton
If you do not know Creighton’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Creighton,” in English, “Guten Tag Creighton,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Creighton,
German
Guten Tag Creighton,
French
Bonjour Creighton,
Spanish
Estimado/a Creighton:
Chinese
Creighton您好：
Japanese
Creighton様
English
Hi Creighton,
German
Hi Creighton,
French
Salut Creighton,
Spanish
Hola Creighton,
Chinese
Creighton你好：
Japanese
Creightonさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | man's name |
| Great Britain | rare | man's name |
United States birth data
3,475 male · 16 female · 3,491 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 99.2% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Creighton a male or female name?
Creighton is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Creighton in an email?
If you do not know Creighton’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Creighton,” in English, “Guten Tag Creighton,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Creighton a unisex name?
Creighton is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Creighton a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/creighton. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_creighton,
title = {Is Creighton a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/creighton},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}