Cesar

Where Cesar comes from

Anglicized spelling of Spanish César. Doublet of Caesar.
— Wiktionary's entry for Cesar
  • Spanish
Along the way
  1. 1913
    Cesar Bresgen born
    Austrian composer
  2. 1915
    First appearance
    #3,825 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1930
    Cesar Virata born
    Prime Minister of the Philippines from 1981 to 1986
  4. 2004
    Peak, #158
    2,538 babies named Cesar — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #305.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Spanish.
Namesakes
  • Cesar Virata · Prime Minister of the Philippines from 1981 to 1986, born 1930
  • Cesar Bresgen · Austrian composer, 1913–1988
  • Cesar Purisima · Filipino politician, born 2000
  • Cesar Neira Perez · Spanish cyclist, born 1979
  • Cesar Ramos · American former professional baseball player and coach, born 1984

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.