Cedric Boy
How popular is Cedric?
#1,051 boy name in 2025
209 baby boys were named Cedric in the US in 2025, making it the 1051st most popular boy name.
Cedric popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,051 for boys (▼ 111 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 209 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-20% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #864 in 2015, #969 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1982 (977 boys) |
| Highest rank | #230 in 1974 |
| First recorded | 1890 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cedric counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cedric family of names ranked #873 for boys in 2025 (#776 the year before), with 250 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cedric | 209 | 84% |
| Cedrick | 35 | 14% |
| Cedrik | 6 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cedric is most popular
Babies named Cedric per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Colorado: 0.2 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- Missouri: 0.2 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- Ohio: 0.2 per 1,000 (53 boys)
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (32 boys)
- Wisconsin: 0.2 per 1,000 (22 boys)
Cedric by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 39 | #705 |
| 1900s | 61 | #744 |
| 1910s | 395 | #681 |
| 1920s | 440 | #903 |
| 1930s | 428 | #824 |
| 1940s | 626 | #697 |
| 1950s | 2,734 | #340 |
| 1960s | 6,835 | #272 |
| 1970s | 8,676 | #230 |
| 1980s | 7,997 | #239 |
| 1990s | 5,667 | #377 |
| 2000s | 4,263 | #461 |
| 2010s | 2,614 | #724 |
| 2020s | 1,329 | #940 |
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Questions
- Is Cedric a boy or girl name?
- Cedric is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Cedric were boys.
- How popular is the name Cedric?
- 209 baby boys were named Cedric in the US in 2025, making it the 1051st most popular boy name.
- When was Cedric most popular?
- Cedric peaked in 1982, when 977 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #230 in 1974.
- How many people are named Cedric?
- 42,382 babies have been named Cedric in the US since 1880. We estimate about 37,312 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 44.
- Where is Cedric most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cedric was most common in Colorado, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.