Caesar
#2,833 for boys in 2025, 44 births
- Peak · boys
- 1904 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,445since 1880
Caesar over time
Rank among boys' names. Caesar has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,833 | 44 |
| 2024 | #2,835 | 45 |
| 2023 | #2,895 | 43 |
| 2022 | #2,793 | 46 |
| 2021 | #2,439 | 55 |
| 2020 | #2,689 | 46 |
| 2019 | #2,464 | 54 |
| 2018 | #2,065 | 69 |
| 2017 | #1,897 | 76 |
| 2016 | #1,828 | 82 |
| 2015 | #1,691 | 92 |
| 2014 | #1,794 | 83 |
| 2013 | #2,165 | 61 |
| 2012 | #2,066 | 66 |
| 2011 | #2,203 | 59 |
| 2010 | #2,579 | 47 |
| 2009 | #2,623 | 47 |
| 2008 | #2,345 | 55 |
| 2007 | #2,139 | 63 |
| 2006 | #2,398 | 51 |
| 2005 | #1,854 | 69 |
| 2004 | #2,283 | 50 |
| 2003 | #1,962 | 59 |
| 2002 | #1,974 | 56 |
| 2001 | #1,763 | 64 |
| 2000 | #1,830 | 58 |
| 1999 | #1,801 | 55 |
| 1998 | #1,791 | 56 |
| 1997 | #1,535 | 67 |
| 1996 | #1,500 | 67 |
| 1995 | #1,417 | 70 |
| 1994 | #1,753 | 50 |
| 1993 | #1,321 | 74 |
| 1992 | #1,328 | 72 |
| 1991 | #1,336 | 71 |
| 1990 | #1,135 | 90 |
| 1989 | #1,492 | 55 |
| 1988 | #1,263 | 66 |
| 1987 | #1,175 | 67 |
| 1986 | #1,565 | 42 |
| 1985 | #1,125 | 68 |
| 1984 | #1,251 | 54 |
| 1983 | #1,490 | 41 |
| 1982 | #1,596 | 38 |
| 1981 | #1,456 | 43 |
| 1980 | #1,378 | 47 |
| 1979 | #1,570 | 37 |
| 1978 | #1,393 | 44 |
| 1977 | #1,079 | 64 |
| 1976 | #1,238 | 49 |
| 1975 | #1,127 | 56 |
| 1974 | #1,151 | 51 |
| 1973 | #1,201 | 47 |
| 1972 | #1,083 | 56 |
| 1971 | #1,165 | 49 |
| 1970 | #1,170 | 50 |
| 1969 | #1,124 | 48 |
| 1968 | #1,282 | 35 |
| 1967 | #1,150 | 42 |
| 1966 | #1,299 | 34 |
| 1965 | #1,335 | 33 |
| 1964 | #1,327 | 35 |
| 1963 | #1,279 | 37 |
| 1962 | #1,403 | 31 |
| 1961 | #1,156 | 46 |
| 1960 | #1,115 | 49 |
| 1959 | #1,199 | 42 |
| 1958 | #1,277 | 36 |
| 1957 | #1,214 | 41 |
| 1956 | #1,083 | 49 |
| 1955 | #1,114 | 44 |
| 1954 | #1,151 | 42 |
| 1953 | #999 | 52 |
| 1952 | #1,213 | 37 |
| 1951 | #1,171 | 38 |
| 1950 | #1,139 | 39 |
| 1949 | #1,227 | 34 |
| 1948 | #1,519 | 23 |
| 1947 | #1,233 | 35 |
| 1946 | #1,094 | 40 |
| 1945 | #1,296 | 26 |
| 1944 | #1,574 | 19 |
| 1943 | #1,343 | 27 |
| 1942 | #1,268 | 30 |
| 1941 | #1,254 | 28 |
| 1940 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1939 | #1,272 | 27 |
| 1938 | #1,062 | 37 |
| 1937 | #1,444 | 22 |
| 1936 | #1,463 | 21 |
| 1935 | #1,453 | 22 |
| 1934 | #1,608 | 19 |
| 1933 | #1,361 | 24 |
| 1932 | #1,286 | 28 |
| 1931 | #1,145 | 35 |
| 1930 | #1,368 | 28 |
| 1929 | #1,443 | 25 |
| 1928 | #1,382 | 28 |
| 1927 | #1,041 | 45 |
| 1926 | #1,219 | 35 |
| 1925 | #1,073 | 42 |
| 1924 | #1,093 | 43 |
| 1923 | #1,194 | 36 |
| 1922 | #958 | 53 |
| 1921 | #1,122 | 40 |
| 1920 | #1,073 | 43 |
| 1919 | #918 | 53 |
| 1918 | #933 | 51 |
| 1917 | #1,033 | 40 |
| 1916 | #856 | 54 |
| 1915 | #980 | 41 |
| 1914 | #836 | 41 |
| 1913 | #835 | 33 |
| 1912 | #765 | 32 |
| 1911 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #587 | 15 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
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| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #809 | 6 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Caesar was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Caesar is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#714 · 1 in 25,182
Best ever in a state: #241 in New Jersey, 1914.
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| New York | #714 | 7 | 1 in 25,182 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Caesar
- 2 spots since 2024 (#2,835 → #2,833)
- 144 spots since 2020 (#2,689 → #2,833)
- 1,142 spots since 2015 (#1,691 → #2,833)
- Biggest jump: 273 spots in 1912 (#1,038 → #765)
- Biggest drop: 236 spots in 1923 (#958 → #1,194)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1904 at #587 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1905, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1912–1916
- Highest: 1 in 8,541 boys born in 1904 were named Caesar (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 38,820 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 12.7% of all boys named Caesar (689) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 25 | #694 (1886) | #822 |
| 1890s | 17 | #841 (1891) | #933 |
| 1900s | 58 | #587 (1904) | #988 |
| 1910s | 366 | #765 (1912) | #924 |
| 1920s | 390 | #958 (1922) | #1,160 |
| 1930s | 263 | #1,062 (1938) | #1,346 |
| 1940s | 280 | #1,094 (1946) | #1,344 |
| 1950s | 420 | #999 (1953) | #1,156 |
| 1960s | 390 | #1,115 (1960) | #1,247 |
| 1970s | 503 | #1,079 (1977) | #1,218 |
| 1980s | 521 | #1,125 (1985) | #1,379 |
| 1990s | 672 | #1,135 (1990) | #1,492 |
| 2000s | 572 | #1,763 (2001) | #2,117 |
| 2010s | 689 | #1,691 (2015) | #2,075 |
| 2020s | 279 | #2,439 (2021) | #2,747 |
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.
Caesar in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 43,169 of them was named Caesar, which outranked 75.7% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,071Stafford50
- #1,071Terrill50
- #1,071Vernell50
- #1,083Caesar49
- #1,083Deryl49
- #1,083Garfield49
- #1,083Gonzalo49
- #1,092Benson48
- #1,092Bonnie48
- #1,092Caleb48
Tied with 8 names at #1,083; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.