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
- Peak · boys
- 1974 · 903 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 42,104since 1890
Cedric over time
Rank among boys' names. Cedric has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,051 | 209 | |
| 2024 | — | #940 | 245 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,044 | 209 | |
| 2022 | — | #959 | 236 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,037 | 208 | |
| 2020 | — | #969 | 222 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,000 | 209 | |
| 2018 | — | #958 | 216 | |
| 2017 | — | #977 | 211 | |
| 2016 | — | #909 | 237 | |
| 2015 | — | #864 | 261 | |
| 2014 | — | #787 | 293 | |
| 2013 | — | #813 | 268 | |
| 2012 | — | #757 | 302 | |
| 2011 | — | #754 | 300 | |
| 2010 | — | #724 | 317 | |
| 2009 | — | #705 | 340 | |
| 2008 | — | #651 | 374 | |
| 2007 | — | #592 | 429 | |
| 2006 | — | #589 | 416 | |
| 2005 | — | #591 | 382 | |
| 2004 | — | #581 | 384 | |
| 2003 | — | #542 | 425 | |
| 2002 | — | #481 | 481 | |
| 2001 | — | #461 | 520 | |
| 2000 | — | #463 | 512 | |
| 1999 | — | #476 | 476 | |
| 1998 | — | #419 | 552 | |
| 1997 | — | #405 | 573 | |
| 1996 | — | #400 | 592 | |
| 1995 | — | #400 | 573 | |
| 1994 | — | #418 | 548 | |
| 1993 | — | #390 | 589 | |
| 1992 | — | #408 | 554 | |
| 1991 | — | #379 | 598 | |
| 1990 | — | #377 | 612 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #352 | 643 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #336 | 642 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #314 | 679 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #295 | 706 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #261 | 843 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #247 | 885 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #259 | 804 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #239 | 977 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #244 | 909 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #245 | 909 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #256 | 827 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | #255 | 793 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #234 | 903 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #236 | 861 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | #237 | 871 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #230 | 903 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | #239 | 883 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #240 | 896 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #259 | 860 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #259 | 879 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | #283 | 701 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #280 | 689 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #272 | 717 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #272 | 726 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #284 | 700 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #285 | 742 |
| 1963 | — | #294 | 695 | |
| 1962 | — | #295 | 693 | |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #307 | 639 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #336 | 533 |
| 1959 | — | #340 | 520 | |
| 1958 | — | #388 | 406 | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #383 | 401 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #454 | 280 |
| 1955 | — | #464 | 254 | |
| 1954 | — | #482 | 224 | |
| 1953 | — | #490 | 206 | |
| 1952 | — | #559 | 156 | |
| 1951 | — | #546 | 154 | |
| 1950 | — | #588 | 133 | |
| 1949 | — | #698 | 96 | |
| 1948 | — | #824 | 68 | |
| 1947 | — | #805 | 73 | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #812 | 65 |
| 1945 | — | #850 | 54 | |
| 1944 | — | #918 | 48 | |
| 1943 | — | #856 | 60 | |
| 1942 | — | #910 | 53 | |
| 1941 | — | #778 | 64 | |
| 1940 | — | #952 | 45 | |
| 1939 | — | #904 | 47 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,095 | 35 | |
| 1937 | — | #824 | 55 | |
| 1936 | — | #940 | 43 | |
| 1935 | — | #992 | 41 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,007 | 41 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,051 | 38 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,254 | 29 | |
| 1931 | — | #997 | 44 | |
| 1930 | — | #892 | 55 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,010 | 45 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,211 | 35 | |
| 1927 | — | #982 | 51 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,092 | 42 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,225 | 34 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,107 | 42 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,275 | 32 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,084 | 42 | |
| 1921 | — | #913 | 59 | |
| 1920 | — | #903 | 58 | |
| 1919 | — | #949 | 50 | |
| 1918 | — | #894 | 55 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,033 | 40 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,028 | 39 | |
| 1915 | — | #804 | 57 | |
| 1914 | — | #734 | 51 | |
| 1913 | — | #681 | 44 | |
| 1912 | — | #700 | 37 | |
| 1911 | — | #793 | 17 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | #804 | 13 | |
| 1908 | — | #744 | 13 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1974 at #230 (903 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 29 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 108 yrs · run 1939–2020
- 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%)
- 20.6% of all boys named Cedric (8,676) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 39 | #705 (1893) | #919 |
| 1900s | 61 | #744 (1908) | #941 |
| 1910s | 395 | #681 (1913) | #921 |
| 1920s | 440 | #903 (1920) | #1,080 |
| 1930s | 428 | #824 (1937) | #996 |
| 1940s | 626 | #698 (1949) | #840 |
| 1950s | 2,734 | #340 (1959) | #469 |
| 1960s | 6,835 | #272 (1966) | #291 |
| 1970s | 8,676 | #230 (1974) | #245 |
| 1980s | 7,997 | #239 (1982) | #279 |
| 1990s | 5,667 | #377 (1990) | #407 |
| 2000s | 4,263 | #461 (2001) | #566 |
| 2010s | 2,614 | #724 (2010) | #854 |
| 2020s | 1,329 | #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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 109,419 of them was named Cedric, which outranked 59.2% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,459Vernell15
- #4,459Yara15
- #4,459Zaneta15
- #4,679Cedric14
- #4,679Addy14
- #4,679Aiyana14
- #4,679Akila14
- #4,931Aarti13
- #4,931Adrain13
- #4,931Ailsa13
Tied with 251 names at #4,679; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 2,070 of them was named Cedric, which outranked 96.2% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).