Cedric — #944 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Cedric

The Social Security Administration has registered 41,889 babies named Cedric between 1890 and 2024, spanning 135 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cedric currently holds the #944 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 977 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cedric performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 8,676 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Cedric shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 4,617 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Cedric in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cedric 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 41,889 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.