Cedric
Cedric was given to 209 boys in 2025, #1,051 among boys’ names; 42,382 Americans have been recorded with it since 1890 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 36,900 Americans named Cedric and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (87% of everyone recorded); the median is 43 years old and half are between 29 and 55.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Cedric by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Cedric mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Cedric is “a male given name from Welsh.” Its etymology gives the sense “beloved” (caredig).
Invented by Walter Scott for Ivanhoe, possibly misread for Cerdic, name of a Saxon king, anglicized from Welsh caredig (“beloved”), in which case a doublet of Caradoc, Caradog, Caratacus, Craddock, Cradock, McCarthy, and McCarty. Alternatively Scott based Cedric on the Welsh name Cedrych (“spectacular bounty”).
/ˈsɛdɹɪk/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Cedric?
#1,051 among boys’ names, 2025
Cedric fell from #864 in 2015 to #1,051 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.14 to 0.12 per 1,000.
987 babies in 1982, the peak
Cedric peaked in 1982, when 987 babies were given it (977 boys, #239 among boys’ names). The 209 births of 2025 are 21% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 209 | #1,051 | 0.12 |
| 2024 | 245 | #940 | 0.14 |
| 2023 | 209 | #1,045 | 0.12 |
| 2022 | 236 | #961 | 0.14 |
| 2021 | 208 | #1,038 | 0.12 |
| 2020 | 222 | #969 | 0.13 |
| 2019 | 209 | #1,001 | 0.12 |
| 2018 | 216 | #959 | 0.12 |
| 2017 | 211 | #977 | 0.11 |
| 2016 | 237 | #909 | 0.12 |
Every recorded year (129)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 261 | #864 | 0.14 |
| 2014 | 293 | #787 | 0.15 |
| 2013 | 268 | #813 | 0.14 |
| 2012 | 302 | #758 | 0.16 |
| 2011 | 300 | #754 | 0.16 |
| 2010 | 317 | #724 | 0.17 |
| 2009 | 340 | #705 | 0.17 |
| 2008 | 374 | #651 | 0.18 |
| 2007 | 429 | #592 | 0.21 |
| 2006 | 416 | #590 | 0.20 |
| 2005 | 382 | #591 | 0.19 |
| 2004 | 384 | #581 | 0.19 |
| 2003 | 425 | #542 | 0.22 |
| 2002 | 481 | #481 | 0.25 |
| 2001 | 520 | #461 | 0.27 |
| 2000 | 512 | #463 | 0.26 |
| 1999 | 476 | #476 | 0.25 |
| 1998 | 552 | #419 | 0.29 |
| 1997 | 573 | #405 | 0.30 |
| 1996 | 592 | #400 | 0.31 |
| 1995 | 573 | #400 | 0.30 |
| 1994 | 548 | #418 | 0.28 |
| 1993 | 589 | #390 | 0.30 |
| 1992 | 554 | #408 | 0.28 |
| 1991 | 598 | #379 | 0.30 |
| 1990 | 612 | #377 | 0.30 |
| 1989 | 643 | #352 | 0.32 |
| 1988 | 642 | #336 | 0.34 |
| 1987 | 679 | #314 | 0.36 |
| 1986 | 706 | #295 | 0.38 |
| 1985 | 843 | #261 | 0.46 |
| 1984 | 885 | #247 | 0.49 |
| 1983 | 804 | #259 | 0.45 |
| 1982 | 977 | #239 | 0.54 |
| 1981 | 909 | #244 | 0.51 |
| 1980 | 909 | #245 | 0.51 |
| 1979 | 827 | #256 | 0.48 |
| 1978 | 793 | #256 | 0.48 |
| 1977 | 903 | #234 | 0.55 |
| 1976 | 861 | #236 | 0.55 |
| 1975 | 871 | #237 | 0.56 |
| 1974 | 903 | #230 | 0.57 |
| 1973 | 883 | #239 | 0.57 |
| 1972 | 896 | #240 | 0.55 |
| 1971 | 860 | #259 | 0.49 |
| 1970 | 879 | #259 | 0.47 |
| 1969 | 701 | #283 | 0.39 |
| 1968 | 689 | #280 | 0.40 |
| 1967 | 717 | #272 | 0.41 |
| 1966 | 726 | #272 | 0.41 |
| 1965 | 700 | #284 | 0.38 |
| 1964 | 742 | #285 | 0.37 |
| 1963 | 695 | #294 | 0.34 |
| 1962 | 693 | #295 | 0.33 |
| 1961 | 639 | #307 | 0.30 |
| 1960 | 533 | #336 | 0.25 |
| 1959 | 520 | #340 | 0.24 |
| 1958 | 406 | #388 | 0.19 |
| 1957 | 401 | #383 | 0.19 |
| 1956 | 280 | #453 | 0.13 |
| 1955 | 254 | #463 | 0.12 |
| 1954 | 224 | #481 | 0.11 |
| 1953 | 206 | #489 | 0.10 |
| 1952 | 156 | #559 | 0.08 |
| 1951 | 154 | #546 | 0.08 |
| 1950 | 133 | #588 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 96 | #697 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 68 | #824 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 73 | #808 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 65 | #814 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 54 | #851 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 48 | #918 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 60 | #857 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 53 | #911 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 64 | #780 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 45 | #952 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 47 | #904 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 35 | #1,097 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 55 | #824 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 43 | #940 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 41 | #994 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 41 | #1,008 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 38 | #1,054 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,259 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 44 | #998 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 55 | #893 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 45 | #1,013 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 35 | #1,215 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 51 | #983 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 42 | #1,097 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 34 | #1,229 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 42 | #1,111 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,279 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 42 | #1,086 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 59 | #913 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 58 | #903 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 50 | #950 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 55 | #897 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,037 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 39 | #1,032 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 57 | #806 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 51 | #738 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 44 | #683 | 0.09 |
| 1912 | 37 | #701 | 0.09 |
| 1911 | 17 | #795 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,631 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 13 | #811 | 0.08 |
| 1908 | 13 | #750 | 0.08 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,116 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 8 | #940 | 0.06 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,261 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 8 | #893 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 7 | #923 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,076 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 8 | #797 | 0.07 |
| 1896 | 7 | #909 | 0.06 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,104 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 9 | #712 | 0.08 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,030 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Cedric a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Cedric has been given almost only to boys: 278 girls in 129 years of records.
Girls and boys named Cedric: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Cedric, and how old are they?
36,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 87% of the 42,382 Americans ever recorded as Cedric. The median Cedric alive today is 43 years old; half are between 29 and 55.
The 2020 Census counted 30,295 people named Cedric (71 women and girls, 30,224 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 36,827 born in the U.S. The Census count is 18% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 173 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,620 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 11,800 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 10,600 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 6,660 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Cedric born?
The states with the most babies named Cedric are Texas, Georgia and Alabama, with 29% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 4,638 | #1,104 | 1.4× |
| Georgia | 3,193 | #1,232 | 2.7× |
| Alabama | 2,869 | not ranked | 3.8× |
| Florida | 2,817 | #780 | 1.7× |
| California | 2,584 | #1,257 | 0.5× |
| Louisiana | 2,493 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Mississippi | 2,269 | not ranked | 4.3× |
| Illinois | 1,824 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 1,817 | #1,168 | 1.6× |
| Tennessee | 1,741 | #795 | 1.9× |
Where Cedric is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Cedric is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 4.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Cedric with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 52,460 babies since 1880, Cedric is the most given (81% of them). In 2025 it was given to 209 of their 255 babies (82%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Cedric
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Cedric and names like it
- Compare Cedric and CedrickBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sCedric peaked in 1982.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Cedric since 1910.
- Welsh namesWiktionary’s origin for Cedric: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1982The year the most babies were named Cedric.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Cedric alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with CMost given first.