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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #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
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1899—#1,0515
1898——
1897—#7878
1896—#9007
1895—#1,0795
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1893—#7059
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1890—#9945
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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.

Where Cedric is popular in 1934

No state had 5 or more boys named Cedric in 1934, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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 1934

boys
#1,007
41 births · 1 in 25,185 boys

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #1,007Cedric41
More about 1934

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 25,185 of them was named Cedric, which outranked 76.1% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cedric
  1. #982Vernell42
  2. #982Wyman42
  3. #982Zack42
  4. #1,007Cedric41
  5. #1,007Burnell41
  6. #1,007Crawford41
  7. #1,007Furman41
  8. #1,024Arvel40
  9. #1,024Denton40
  10. #1,024Domenick40

Tied with 16 names at #1,007; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 746Lanny#1,361 → #615
  2. ↑ 630Kerry#1,586 → #956
  3. ↑ 620Marland#1,456 → #836
  4. ↑ 404Kirk#1,202 → #798
  5. ↑ 350Valentin#1,281 → #931
Fallers
  1. ↓ 730Neville#995 → #1,725
  2. ↓ 616Garner#770 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 520Vivian#905 → #1,425
  4. ↓ 488Finis#869 → #1,357
  5. ↓ 464Malcom#961 → #1,425

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

See the top 100 for 1934 →