Cesar
- Last seen for girls in 2012 at #16,869
- #385 for boys in 2025, 824 births
- Given to boys 99.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2004 · 2,538 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 78,824since 1915
Cesar over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Cesar has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | #385 | 824 | |
| 2024 | — | #361 | 917 | |
| 2023 | — | #367 | 884 | |
| 2022 | — | #346 | 946 | |
| 2021 | — | #384 | 838 | |
| 2020 | — | #371 | 841 | |
| 2019 | — | #333 | 1,005 | |
| 2018 | — | #334 | 1,002 | |
| 2017 | — | #313 | 1,102 | |
| 2016 | — | #305 | 1,161 | |
| 2015 | — | #281 | 1,306 | |
| 2014 | — | #279 | 1,284 | |
| 2013 | — | #261 | 1,358 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #255 | 1,437 |
| 2011 | — | #219 | 1,610 | |
| 2010 | — | #202 | 1,819 | |
| 2009 | — | #199 | 1,920 | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #166 | 2,366 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #167 | 2,427 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #169 | 2,475 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | #163 | 2,522 |
| 2004 | — | #158 | 2,538 | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #169 | 2,357 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | #162 | 2,369 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #160 | 2,376 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #170 | 2,260 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #181 | 1,935 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #168 | 2,003 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #187 | 1,784 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #170 | 1,990 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | #173 | 1,883 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #178 | 1,776 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | #172 | 1,860 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #195 | 1,600 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 | #205 | 1,511 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | #200 | 1,506 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #218 | 1,244 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #232 | 1,051 |
| 1987 | — | #261 | 847 | |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | #254 | 879 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #251 | 897 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #252 | 863 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #263 | 784 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #257 | 859 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | #243 | 916 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #264 | 823 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #269 | 764 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #270 | 733 |
| 1977 | — | #284 | 684 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #268 | 720 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #282 | 678 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #280 | 671 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #318 | 554 |
| 1972 | — | #348 | 493 | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #387 | 432 |
| 1970 | — | #389 | 424 | |
| 1969 | — | #419 | 354 | |
| 1968 | — | #464 | 270 | |
| 1967 | — | #478 | 248 | |
| 1966 | — | #524 | 212 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #513 | 220 |
| 1964 | — | #538 | 213 | |
| 1963 | — | #599 | 171 | |
| 1962 | — | #604 | 164 | |
| 1961 | — | #632 | 154 | |
| 1960 | — | #635 | 150 | |
| 1959 | — | #684 | 124 | |
| 1958 | — | #670 | 128 | |
| 1957 | — | #703 | 116 | |
| 1956 | — | #737 | 99 | |
| 1955 | — | #766 | 90 | |
| 1954 | — | #833 | 75 | |
| 1953 | — | #852 | 71 | |
| 1952 | — | #883 | 63 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,005 | 49 | |
| 1950 | — | #948 | 53 | |
| 1949 | — | #911 | 57 | |
| 1948 | — | #954 | 53 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,116 | 42 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,111 | 39 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,296 | 26 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,282 | 27 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,368 | 26 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,381 | 25 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,983 | 13 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,489 | 20 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,337 | 25 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,756 | 16 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,505 | 20 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,757 | 16 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,932 | 14 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,995 | 14 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,458 | 23 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,693 | 19 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,933 | 16 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,960 | 16 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,034 | 16 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,302 | 13 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,935 | 17 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,132 | 15 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,123 | 15 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,801 | 10 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,986 | 9 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,602 | 11 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,152 | 13 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Cesar! It came in at #3,825, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Cesar is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- New Mexico#161 · 1 in 542
- Texas#176 · 1 in 838
- California#211 · 1 in 991
- Arizona#217 · 1 in 861
- Nevada#243 · 1 in 941
Best ever in a state: #69 in California, 2004.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #161 | 12 | 1 in 542 |
| Texas | #176 | 209 | 1 in 838 |
| California | #211 | 177 | 1 in 991 |
| Arizona | #217 | 38 | 1 in 861 |
| Nevada | #243 | 12 | 1 in 941 |
| Kansas | #352 | 10 | 1 in 1,405 |
| Louisiana | #353 | 14 | 1 in 1,366 |
| New Jersey | #355 | 23 | 1 in 1,729 |
| Maryland | #364 | 14 | 1 in 1,636 |
| Colorado | #366 | 17 | 1 in 1,579 |
| Oklahoma | #395 | 11 | 1 in 1,607 |
| Oregon | #398 | 9 | 1 in 1,673 |
| Illinois | #416 | 26 | 1 in 1,906 |
| Wisconsin | #437 | 11 | 1 in 2,130 |
| Arkansas | #444 | 7 | 1 in 1,798 |
| New York | #455 | 37 | 1 in 2,282 |
| Florida | #458 | 40 | 1 in 2,388 |
| Tennessee | #477 | 16 | 1 in 2,298 |
| Iowa | #493 | 6 | 1 in 2,305 |
| Georgia | #566 | 18 | 1 in 2,790 |
| Minnesota | #586 | 8 | 1 in 3,062 |
| Virginia | #587 | 12 | 1 in 3,104 |
| South Carolina | #608 | 7 | 1 in 3,028 |
| North Carolina | #621 | 15 | 1 in 3,431 |
| Alabama | #685 | 6 | 1 in 3,586 |
| Utah | #703 | 5 | 1 in 3,933 |
| Washington | #737 | 8 | 1 in 4,100 |
| Indiana | #773 | 7 | 1 in 4,523 |
| Pennsylvania | #846 | 9 | 1 in 5,807 |
| Michigan | #1,113 | 5 | 1 in 8,039 |
| Ohio | #1,267 | 5 | 1 in 10,507 |
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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 Cesar
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 14 spots since 2020 (#371 → #385)
- Biggest jump: 162 spots in 1948
- Biggest drop: 57 spots in 1951
Rise & fade · boys
89 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2004 at #158 (2,538 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 77 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1952–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 782
- Highest: 1 in 782 boys born in 2004 were named Cesar (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,073 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 30.0% of all boys named Cesar (23,610) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 40 | #2,152 (1916) | #3,160 |
| 1920s | 138 | #1,933 (1929) | #2,281 |
| 1930s | 182 | #1,337 (1938) | #1,675 |
| 1940s | 332 | #911 (1949) | #1,277 |
| 1950s | 868 | #670 (1958) | #808 |
| 1960s | 2,156 | #419 (1969) | #541 |
| 1970s | 6,153 | #268 (1976) | #310 |
| 1980s | 9,163 | #218 (1989) | #250 |
| 1990s | 17,848 | #168 (1998) | #183 |
| 2000s | 23,610 | #158 (2004) | #168 |
| 2010s | 13,084 | #202 (2010) | #278 |
| 2020s | 5,250 | #346 (2022) | #369 |
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.
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