Kree
Masculine
Kree is given to both — 602 boys and 543 girls since 1880. See Kree as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Kree is a very short modern name with no documented parent. Its nearest neighbors are a fictional people in American comics and, quite separately, the Cree Nation, whose name it resembles and does not come from.
How old is the name Kree?
Kree first appears in US birth records in 2012 — 13 years ago. The typical Kree is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Kree are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kree most popular?
Kree peaked in 2021, reaching #2040 nationally. Today it ranks #3314, 1,274 places below that high. See the whole 2021 chart.
Lists built from the same records:
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kree
Ours, offered as ours. Kree belongs to a small group of names that exist purely as sound — four letters, one syllable, a hard consonant and a long vowel, and nothing behind it. That is not a criticism; English has been making names this way for a long time, and Kai, Rex and Gus all work the same way. What is worth saying plainly is that the resemblance to the name of a real First Nations people is a coincidence of spelling, not an inheritance, and it is better to know that than to be told it later.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source language is established. Two things stand nearby and neither is a source: the Kree of American comic books, an invented alien people; and the Cree, a real First Nations people of Canada whose English name comes by a long route from a French rendering of an Ojibwe word. The name is not drawn from the latter.
Pronouncing Kree
KREE
One syllable, rhyming with free. There is no variation.
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
- 2012
- Most boys named
- 202273 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2040reached in 2021
- Change vs 2024
- −37.5%35 in 2025, from 56
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, Georgia, Pennsylvania.
Krees among us
people named Kree are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 48,802 born in 2025 was named Kree
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kree
- #3314
- Kree on the 2025 chart
- #854
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kree went to 35 boys in 2025, but Cree is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 74, which makes it the 854th most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,460 places above the chart.
- Cree39
- Kree35
About 1 boy in 23,082 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 48,802 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 Robertson 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: Robertson climbed just as high around 1964, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Robertson'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. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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 boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- One syllable and four letters — as short and clear as a name can be.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Very rare in the records, so it is unlikely to be shared anywhere.
- The comic-book association is strong for a large audience and getting stronger.
- The resemblance to the name of the Cree Nation will be assumed to be a connection, and it is not.
- There is no meaning to give when it is asked for, and it will be asked for.
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Masculine · #3314 in the U.S.
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 600 people named Kree are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kree?
- Kree is one of 2 recorded spellings. Cree is the more common one — 39 births in 2025 against 35 for Kree.
- How popular is the name Kree in 2025?
- Kree ranks #3314 among US boy names in 2025, with 35 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kree?
- About 1 in every 48,802 US boys born in 2025 was named Kree — 35 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kree with classmates?
- Kree will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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