Cesar Boy
How popular is Cesar?
#385 boy name in 2025
824 baby boys were named Cesar in the US in 2025, making it the 385th most popular boy name.
Cesar popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #385 for boys (▼ 24 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 824 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-37% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #281 in 2015, #371 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2004 (2,538 boys) |
| Highest rank | #158 in 2004 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cesar counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cesar family of names ranked #384 for boys in 2025 (#354 the year before), with 834 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cesar | 824 | 99% |
| Cezar | 5 | 1% |
| Cesare | 5 | 1% |
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 Cesar is most popular
Babies named Cesar per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 1.4 per 1,000 (47 boys)
- Arizona: 1.4 per 1,000 (230 boys)
- Texas: 1.3 per 1,000 (1,118 boys)
- Nevada: 1.2 per 1,000 (67 boys)
- California: 1.1 per 1,000 (1,019 boys)
Cesar by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 40 | #2,151 |
| 1920s | 138 | #1,933 |
| 1930s | 182 | #1,337 |
| 1940s | 332 | #910 |
| 1950s | 868 | #669 |
| 1960s | 2,156 | #419 |
| 1970s | 6,153 | #268 |
| 1980s | 9,163 | #218 |
| 1990s | 17,848 | #168 |
| 2000s | 23,610 | #158 |
| 2010s | 13,084 | #202 |
| 2020s | 5,250 | #346 |
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Questions
- Is Cesar a boy or girl name?
- Cesar is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Cesar were boys.
- How popular is the name Cesar?
- 824 baby boys were named Cesar in the US in 2025, making it the 385th most popular boy name.
- When was Cesar most popular?
- Cesar peaked in 2004, when 2,538 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #158 in 2004.
- How many people are named Cesar?
- 79,139 babies have been named Cesar in the US since 1880. We estimate about 76,001 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Cesar most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cesar was most common in New Mexico, at 1.4 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.