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 | — | — | ||
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| 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.
Where Cedric is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#384 · 1 in 7,670
- California#543 · 1 in 10,541
Best ever in a state: #44 in Mississippi, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #384 | 6 | 1 in 7,670 |
| California | #543 | 5 | 1 in 10,541 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 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 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 25,759 of them was named Cedric, which outranked 75.8% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).