Kree
Feminine
Kree is given to both — 543 girls and 602 boys since 1880. See Kree as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Kree is four letters with a hard opening and a long vowel, which is the shape a great many recent American names take. It has no ancestor: it belongs to a set of short, bright names made in the last two decades to be easy, distinctive and unlike anything on a class list.
How old is the name Kree?
Kree first appears in US birth records in 1990 — 35 years ago. The typical Kree is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Kree are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kree most popular?
Kree peaked in 2013, reaching #2236 nationally. Today it ranks #5099, 2,863 places below that high. See the whole 2013 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kree
There is a whole family of short American names built on the same plan: one syllable, a hard consonant at the front, a long vowel at the end, and nothing in the middle. Bree, Kree, Zee, Rae and Jae all belong to it. The plan works because such a name is impossible to mispronounce, fits any form, and cannot be confused with anyone else in the room. What it gives up is depth, and the families who choose it are usually choosing clarity on purpose.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Not documented. The Cree, a First Nations people of Canada, spell their name differently and it is a separate word with its own history. A fictional alien species in comics carries this spelling and is sometimes the source. Neither can be assumed for a given family.
Pronouncing Kree
KREE
One syllable, rhyming with tree. There is no other reading.
Nicknames for Kree
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1990
- Most girls named
- 201383 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2236reached in 2013
- Change vs 2024
- −10.7%25 in 2025, from 28
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kree in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Pennsylvania, Maryland.
Krees among us
people named Kree are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 64,291 born in 2025 was named Kree
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kree
- #5099
- Kree on the 2025 chart
- #914
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kree went to 25 girls in 2025, but Cree is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 46, which makes it the 914th most-given girls’ name of the year — 4,185 places above the chart.
- Kree25
- Cree21
About 1 girl in 34,941 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 64,291 for Kree itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Adonna test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kree's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Adonna climbed just as high around 1953, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Adonna's path sketches the road Kree is walking now.
Kree sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Kree is headed
Kree should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Kree beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kree in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Four letters and one syllable: as fast as a written name gets.
- It cannot be mispronounced by anyone who reads English.
- It is genuinely rare while sounding entirely ordinary.
- A one-syllable name gives nothing to shorten and no change of register.
- Kree, Cree and Kri all appear, so the spelling will be asked for.
- It shares its spelling with a fictional alien race, which will be mentioned.
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Frequently asked
- How many Krees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Kree are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kree?
- Kree is the most-used spelling in US records — 25 of the 46 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Cree.
- How popular is the name Kree in 2025?
- Kree ranks #5099 among US girl names in 2025, with 25 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kree?
- About 1 in every 64,291 US girls born in 2025 was named Kree — 25 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kree with classmates?
- Kree will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Kree
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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