Boys' name · since 1958
Cederic
Cederic has 103 recorded births since 1958 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,196 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 103
- born since 1958
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cederic sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 103 recorded since 1958.
Cederic has 103 recorded births among boys since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 1997.
- #17,196 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 103 born since 1958
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cederic ranks #17,196 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 103 born since 1958, peaking in the 1970s.
- #17,196 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 103
- born since 1958
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cederic's 103 recorded births place it above 62.06% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cederic's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cederic's SSA record in two at 1976 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1958, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1985 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cederic popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1997
- Peak year (1985)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Cederic by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (49 births, 48% of the file).
1970s was Cederic's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Cederic births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s
1970s
49 births
- 1980s
1980s
30 births
- 1990s 8
1990s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 49 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Cederic's decade-level peak was the 1970s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cederic: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~39 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1958–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cederic draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.