Meaning not yet researched.
Caesar: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 44 in 2025. Its best rank was #589 in 1904.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #589 in 1904; #2,843 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Caesar in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,843 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1904, at #589.
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Caesar: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 44 boys in 2025. Peak: #589 in 1904 · most boys in one year: 92 (2015).
In 2025, 44 US boys were named Caesar, making it the 2,843rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 6 places from #2,837 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 45 boys named Caesar in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #589, reached in 1904. The most boys given the name in a single year was 92, in 2015. For comparison, it was #1,693 in 2015 and #1,144 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Caesar in 130 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 6 babies. In all, 5,445 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 689 babies named Caesar.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 560 US boys were named Caesar; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 82. In 2025 that was about 1 in 38,820 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Caesar ranked highest in California in 2025, at #1,854 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Cesar (79,139 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Kausar, Caesare and Kaysar are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Kausar (91), Caesare (52), Kaysar (18), Caezar (10), Caiser (10), Caeser (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Caesar in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 8 | #1,854 | #1,264 |
| Texas | 8 | #1,935 | #1,299 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 44 | #2,843 |
| 2024 | — | — | 45 | #2,837 |
| 2023 | — | — | 43 | #2,903 |
| 2022 | — | — | 46 | #2,798 |
| 2021 | — | — | 55 | #2,442 |
| 2020 | — | — | 46 | #2,696 |
| 2019 | — | — | 54 | #2,466 |
| 2018 | — | — | 69 | #2,067 |
| 2017 | — | — | 76 | #1,898 |
| 2016 | — | — | 82 | #1,829 |
| 2015 | — | — | 92 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | — | — | 83 | #1,797 |
| 2013 | — | — | 61 | #2,166 |
| 2012 | — | — | 66 | #2,073 |
| 2011 | — | — | 59 | #2,206 |
| 2010 | — | — | 47 | #2,589 |
| 2009 | — | — | 47 | #2,626 |
| 2008 | — | — | 55 | #2,350 |
| 2007 | — | — | 63 | #2,143 |
| 2006 | — | — | 51 | #2,409 |
| 2005 | — | — | 69 | #1,855 |
| 2004 | — | — | 50 | #2,288 |
| 2003 | — | — | 59 | #1,965 |
| 2002 | — | — | 56 | #1,975 |
| 2001 | — | — | 64 | #1,766 |
| 2000 | — | — | 58 | #1,833 |
| 1999 | — | — | 55 | #1,802 |
| 1998 | — | — | 56 | #1,794 |
| 1997 | — | — | 67 | #1,537 |
| 1996 | — | — | 67 | #1,500 |
| 1995 | — | — | 70 | #1,417 |
| 1994 | — | — | 50 | #1,755 |
| 1993 | — | — | 74 | #1,323 |
| 1992 | — | — | 72 | #1,328 |
| 1991 | — | — | 71 | #1,337 |
| 1990 | — | — | 90 | #1,139 |
| 1989 | — | — | 55 | #1,496 |
| 1988 | — | — | 66 | #1,264 |
| 1987 | — | — | 67 | #1,176 |
| 1986 | — | — | 42 | #1,566 |
| 1985 | — | — | 68 | #1,127 |
| 1984 | — | — | 54 | #1,252 |
| 1983 | — | — | 41 | #1,493 |
| 1982 | — | — | 38 | #1,600 |
| 1981 | — | — | 43 | #1,460 |
| 1980 | — | — | 47 | #1,379 |
| 1979 | — | — | 37 | #1,574 |
| 1978 | — | — | 44 | #1,396 |
| 1977 | — | — | 64 | #1,081 |
| 1976 | — | — | 49 | #1,239 |
| 1975 | — | — | 56 | #1,128 |
| 1974 | — | — | 51 | #1,152 |
| 1973 | — | — | 47 | #1,202 |
| 1972 | — | — | 56 | #1,086 |
| 1971 | — | — | 49 | #1,167 |
| 1970 | — | — | 50 | #1,170 |
| 1969 | — | — | 48 | #1,126 |
| 1968 | — | — | 35 | #1,288 |
| 1967 | — | — | 42 | #1,151 |
| 1966 | — | — | 34 | #1,304 |
| 1965 | — | — | 33 | #1,336 |
| 1964 | — | — | 35 | #1,330 |
| 1963 | — | — | 37 | #1,282 |
| 1962 | — | — | 31 | #1,403 |
| 1961 | — | — | 46 | #1,157 |
| 1960 | — | — | 49 | #1,118 |
| 1959 | — | — | 42 | #1,201 |
| 1958 | — | — | 36 | #1,280 |
| 1957 | — | — | 41 | #1,216 |
| 1956 | — | — | 49 | #1,083 |
| 1955 | — | — | 44 | #1,114 |
| 1954 | — | — | 42 | #1,154 |
| 1953 | — | — | 52 | #1,001 |
| 1952 | — | — | 37 | #1,214 |
| 1951 | — | — | 38 | #1,171 |
| 1950 | — | — | 39 | #1,144 |
| 1949 | — | — | 34 | #1,228 |
| 1948 | — | — | 23 | #1,523 |
| 1947 | — | — | 35 | #1,237 |
| 1946 | — | — | 40 | #1,097 |
| 1945 | — | — | 26 | #1,300 |
| 1944 | — | — | 19 | #1,583 |
| 1943 | — | — | 27 | #1,347 |
| 1942 | — | — | 30 | #1,274 |
| 1941 | — | — | 28 | #1,256 |
| 1940 | — | — | 18 | #1,635 |
| 1939 | — | — | 27 | #1,276 |
| 1938 | — | — | 37 | #1,064 |
| 1937 | — | — | 22 | #1,449 |
| 1936 | — | — | 21 | #1,469 |
| 1935 | — | — | 22 | #1,456 |
| 1934 | — | — | 19 | #1,612 |
| 1933 | — | — | 24 | #1,365 |
| 1932 | — | — | 28 | #1,290 |
| 1931 | — | — | 35 | #1,150 |
| 1930 | — | — | 28 | #1,369 |
| 1929 | — | — | 25 | #1,448 |
| 1928 | — | — | 28 | #1,389 |
| 1927 | — | — | 45 | #1,042 |
| 1926 | — | — | 35 | #1,225 |
| 1925 | — | — | 42 | #1,078 |
| 1924 | — | — | 43 | #1,095 |
| 1923 | — | — | 36 | #1,200 |
| 1922 | — | — | 53 | #961 |
| 1921 | — | — | 40 | #1,125 |
| 1920 | — | — | 43 | #1,076 |
| 1919 | — | — | 53 | #920 |
| 1918 | — | — | 51 | #933 |
| 1917 | — | — | 40 | #1,036 |
| 1916 | — | — | 54 | #857 |
| 1915 | — | — | 41 | #982 |
| 1914 | — | — | 41 | #839 |
| 1913 | — | — | 33 | #838 |
| 1912 | — | — | 32 | #765 |
| 1911 | — | — | 11 | #1,049 |
| 1910 | — | — | 10 | #1,053 |
| 1909 | — | — | 10 | #959 |
| 1908 | — | — | 7 | #1,130 |
| 1907 | — | — | 6 | #1,215 |
| 1906 | — | — | 7 | #1,022 |
| 1904 | — | — | 15 | #589 |
| 1902 | — | — | 6 | #1,027 |
| 1900 | — | — | 7 | #1,062 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,072 |
| 1893 | — | — | 6 | #927 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #859 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #936 |
| 1886 | — | — | 8 | #708 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #885 |
| 1880 | — | — | 6 | #828 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).