Cedar
#2,822 for girls in 2025, 60 births · #1,244 for boys in 2025, 160 births
Given to boys 64.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 188 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,629since 1972
Cedar over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,822 | 60 | #1,244 | 160 |
| 2024 | #2,389 | 76 | #1,189 | 173 |
| 2023 | #2,269 | 81 | #1,248 | 155 |
| 2022 | #2,253 | 83 | #1,125 | 188 |
| 2021 | #2,510 | 70 | #1,245 | 153 |
| 2020 | #2,341 | 75 | #1,201 | 158 |
| 2019 | #2,856 | 58 | #1,188 | 161 |
| 2018 | #3,245 | 49 | #1,261 | 145 |
| 2017 | #2,964 | 55 | #1,321 | 136 |
| 2016 | #3,707 | 41 | #1,329 | 134 |
| 2015 | #2,846 | 61 | #1,502 | 110 |
| 2014 | #3,184 | 51 | #1,920 | 75 |
| 2013 | #3,703 | 41 | #1,989 | 69 |
| 2012 | #4,121 | 36 | #2,155 | 62 |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 | #2,232 | 58 |
| 2010 | #4,735 | 30 | #2,467 | 50 |
| 2009 | #5,378 | 26 | #2,894 | 41 |
| 2008 | #4,647 | 32 | #2,879 | 41 |
| 2007 | #4,299 | 35 | #2,602 | 47 |
| 2006 | #4,953 | 28 | #2,513 | 48 |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 | #3,615 | 26 |
| 2004 | #4,492 | 30 | #3,456 | 27 |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 | #3,366 | 27 |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 2001 | #4,834 | 24 | #2,489 | 39 |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 | #4,066 | 19 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | #3,376 | 23 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | #3,017 | 26 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 | #3,601 | 19 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 | #3,549 | 19 |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Cedar! It came in at #4,441, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1983, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Cedar is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oregon#266 · 1 in 994
- Washington#425 · 1 in 1,965
- Colorado#545 · 1 in 2,870
- Utah#609 · 1 in 3,200
- Minnesota#644 · 1 in 3,591
Best ever in a state: #173 in Alaska, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Oregon | #266 | 16 | 1 in 994 |
| Washington | #425 | 17 | 1 in 1,965 |
| Colorado | #545 | 9 | 1 in 2,870 |
| Utah | #609 | 6 | 1 in 3,200 |
| Minnesota | #644 | 7 | 1 in 3,591 |
| Tennessee | #1,017 | 5 | 1 in 7,167 |
| Ohio | #1,105 | 6 | 1 in 9,036 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,253 | 5 | 1 in 11,091 |
| California | #1,254 | 15 | 1 in 12,625 |
| Texas | #2,455 | 5 | 1 in 34,225 |
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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 Cedar
- 55 spots since 2024 (#1,189 → #1,244)
- 43 spots since 2020 (#1,201 → #1,244)
- 258 spots since 2015 (#1,502 → #1,244)
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 2022 at #1,125 (188 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 9,287 boys born in 2022 were named Cedar (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,675 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 38.0% of all boys named Cedar (1,000) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2004, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 75 | #2,361 (1977) | #3,901 |
| 1980s | 85 | #3,615 (1980) | #4,927 |
| 1990s | 143 | #3,017 (1998) | #4,755 |
| 2000s | 339 | #2,489 (2001) | #3,143 |
| 2010s | 1,000 | #1,188 (2019) | #1,736 |
| 2020s | 987 | #1,125 (2022) | #1,209 |
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.
Cedar in 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 23,441 of them was named Cedar, which outranked 85.8% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,484Skylee71
- #2,484Uma71
- #2,484Zariya71
- #2,510Cedar70
- #2,510Acelynn70
- #2,510Alea70
- #2,510Anaiya70
- #2,533Amaryllis69
- #2,533Amore69
- #2,533Anali69
Tied with 22 names at #2,510; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 11,435 of them was named Cedar, which outranked 91.2% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,240Sekani154
- #1,240Skylar154
- #1,240Viaan154
- #1,245Cedar153
- #1,245Aksel153
- #1,245Isa153
- #1,245Jakobi153
- #1,253Aizen152
- #1,253Anson152
- #1,253Bilal152
Tied with 7 names at #1,245; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.