Cedell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Cedell

The Social Security Administration has registered 60 babies named Cedell between 1921 and 1981, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cedell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Cedell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1916.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cedell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Cedell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cedell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cedell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 60 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.