Cedrick — #2717 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Cedrick

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,307 babies named Cedrick between 1951 and 2024, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cedrick currently holds the #2717 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 200 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cedrick performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,579 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Cedrick shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 878 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Cedrick in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cedrick 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 6,307 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.