Cedric

Last seen for girls in 1989 at #12,362 · #1,051 for boys in 2025, 209 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1974 · 903 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
42,104
since 1890

Cedric over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Cedric has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #230, 1974boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,051209
2024#940245
2023#1,044209
2022#959236
2021#1,037208
2020#969222
2019#1,000209
2018#958216
2017#977211
2016#909237
2015#864261
2014#787293
2013#813268
2012#757302
2011#754300
2010#724317
2009#705340
2008#651374
2007#592429
2006#589416
2005#591382
2004#581384
2003#542425
2002#481481
2001#461520
2000#463512
1999#476476
1998#419552
1997#405573
1996#400592
1995#400573
1994#418548
1993#390589
1992#408554
1991#379598
1990#377612
1989#12,3625#352643
1988#11,7985#336642
1987#7,3539#314679
1986#6,15611#295706
1985#9,3076#261843
1984#8,1537#247885
1983#6,7059#259804
1982#6,37110#239977
1981#8,1287#244909
1980#10,3925#245909
1979#6,18910#256827
1978#4,67914#255793
1977#5,53211#234903
1976#4,36314#236861
1975#4,59313#237871
1974#5,7769#230903
1973#5,19110#239883
1972#3,71416#240896
1971#4,53412#259860
1970#4,24613#259879
1969#3,77414#283701
1968#7,0165#280689
1967#4,9828#272717
1966#5,2737#272726
1965#5,2897#284700
1964#5,4747#285742
1963#294695
1962#295693
1961#4,8828#307639
1960#4,7738#336533
1959#340520
1958#388406
1957#5,3776#383401
1956#4,8377#454280
1955#464254
1954#482224
1953#490206
1952#559156
1951#546154
1950#588133
1949#69896
1948#82468
1947#80573
1946#4,9605#81265
1945#85054
1944#91848
1943#85660
1942#91053
1941#77864
1940#95245
1939#90447
1938#1,09535
1937#82455
1936#94043
1935#99241
1934#1,00741
1933#1,05138
1932#1,25429
1931#99744
1930#89255
1929#1,01045
1928#1,21135
1927#98251
1926#1,09242
1925#1,22534
1924#1,10742
1923#1,27532
1922#1,08442
1921#91359
1920#90358
1919#94950
1918#89455
1917#1,03340
1916#1,02839
1915#80457
1914#73451
1913#68144
1912#70037
1911#79317
1910#1,5895
1909#80413
1908#74413
1907#1,0947
1906#9278
1905#1,2335
1904#8748
1903#9107
1902
1901
1900
1899#1,0515
1898
1897#7878
1896#9007
1895#1,0795
1894
1893#7059
1892
1891
1890#9945
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1890

The first year at least five boys were named Cedric! It came in at #994, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1892, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Cedric
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 111 spots since 2024 (#940#1,051)
  • 82 spots since 2020 (#969#1,051)
  • 187 spots since 2015 (#864#1,051)
  • Biggest jump: 796 spots in 1911 (#1,589#793)
  • Biggest drop: 785 spots in 1910 (#804#1,589)
Rise & fade · boys
84 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1974 at #230 (903 births)
  • Births halved by 2003, 29 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 108 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 108 yrs · run 1939–2020
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,741
  • Highest: 1 in 1,741 boys born in 1974 were named Cedric (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 8,173 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 20.6% of all boys named Cedric (8,676) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s39#705 (1893)#919
1900s61#744 (1908)#941
1910s395#681 (1913)#921
1920s440#903 (1920)#1,080
1930s428#824 (1937)#996
1940s626#698 (1949)#840
1950s2,734#340 (1959)#469
1960s6,835#272 (1966)#291
1970s8,676#230 (1974)#245
1980s7,997#239 (1982)#279
1990s5,667#377 (1990)#407
2000s4,263#461 (2001)#566
2010s2,614#724 (2010)#854
2020s1,329#940 (2024)#1,000

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cedric in 1968

girls
#7,016
5 births · 1 in 328,078 girls
boys
#280
689 births · 1 in 2,522 boys

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #7,016Cedric5

Top boys' names in 1968

  1. #1Michael81,968
  2. #2David63,679
  3. #3John60,903
  4. #4James60,665
  5. #5Robert58,174
  6. #6William36,927
  7. #7Mark35,401
  8. #8Richard32,976
  9. #9Christopher31,468
  10. #10Brian29,922
  11. #280Cedric689
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 328,078 of them was named Cedric, which outranked 14.4% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cedric
  1. #6,246Zipporah6
  2. #6,246Zonia6
  3. #6,246Zonya6
  4. #7,016Cedric5
  5. #7,016Abelina5
  6. #7,016Adah5
  7. #7,016Adaline5

Tied with 1,182 names at #7,016; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. 3,132Coretta#3,656#524
  2. 1,257Tamika#1,980#723
  3. 1,150Tamiko#1,702#552
  4. 607Chantel#1,348#741
  5. 490Chantal#1,441#951
Fallers
  1. 602Wende#857#1,459
  2. 545Zina#959#1,504
  3. 341Evonne#970#1,311
  4. 294Portia#902#1,196
  5. 285Mariann#973#1,258

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 2,522 of them was named Cedric, which outranked 94.1% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cedric
  1. #277Rene711
  2. #278Marshall705
  3. #279Leo695
  4. #280Cedric689
  5. #281Clifton684
  6. #282Milton680
  7. #283Bryant677
Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. 649Dustin#1,018#369
  2. 567Damion#1,411#844
  3. 490Korey#1,388#898
  4. 434Darby#1,364#930
  5. 393Jamal#1,181#788
Fallers
  1. 926Illya#968#1,894
  2. 357Maury#925#1,282
  3. 298Cedrick#885#1,183
  4. 290Dell#875#1,165
  5. 257Faron#843#1,100

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1968