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Cedar: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 160 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,125 in 2022.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,125 in 2022; #1,244 in 2025. About 73% of babies named Cedar in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,244 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2022, at #1,125.
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Cedar: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 160 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,125 in 2022 · most boys in one year: 188 (2022).
In 2025, 160 US boys were named Cedar, making it the 1,244th most common boys’ name of the year, down 54 places from #1,190 in 2024. That is 13 fewer than the 173 boys named Cedar in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,125, reached in 2022. That year also had the most boys given the name: 188. For comparison, it was #1,503 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 60 US girls were named Cedar, making it the 2,827th most common girls’ name of the year, down 434 places from #2,393 in 2024. That is 16 fewer than the 76 girls named Cedar in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2,259, reached in 2022. That year also had the most girls given the name: 83. For comparison, it was #2,857 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Cedar in 54 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1972 with 6 babies. In all, 4,091 US babies have been given the name, 36% of them girls and 64% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,450 babies named Cedar.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,563 US boys were named Cedar; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 188. In 2025 that was about 1 in 10,675 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Cedar ranked highest in Oregon in 2025, at #407 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 40 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 9 | #407 | #402 |
| Idaho | 5 | #446 | — |
| Washington | 15 | #477 | #605 |
| Utah | 8 | #521 | — |
| Arkansas | 5 | #569 | — |
| Colorado | 6 | #778 | #559 |
| Alabama | 5 | #786 | — |
| Michigan | 8 | #844 | #1,102 |
| California | 13 | #1,370 | #1,910 |
| Texas | 11 | #1,571 | #2,448 |
| Florida | 6 | #1,668 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,827 | 160 | #1,244 |
| 2024 | 76 | #2,393 | 173 | #1,190 |
| 2023 | 81 | #2,274 | 155 | #1,248 |
| 2022 | 83 | #2,259 | 188 | #1,125 |
| 2021 | 70 | #2,515 | 153 | #1,246 |
| 2020 | 75 | #2,347 | 158 | #1,201 |
| 2019 | 58 | #2,863 | 161 | #1,190 |
| 2018 | 49 | #3,257 | 145 | #1,263 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,971 | 136 | #1,324 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,722 | 134 | #1,331 |
| 2015 | 61 | #2,857 | 110 | #1,503 |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,194 | 75 | #1,923 |
| 2013 | 41 | #3,723 | 69 | #1,994 |
| 2012 | 36 | #4,142 | 62 | #2,157 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,949 | 58 | #2,237 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,766 | 50 | #2,475 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,422 | 41 | #2,905 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,675 | 41 | #2,887 |
| 2007 | 35 | #4,318 | 47 | #2,613 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,985 | 48 | #2,517 |
| 2005 | 20 | #6,063 | 26 | #3,632 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,516 | 27 | #3,466 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,117 | 27 | #3,372 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,934 | 24 | #3,575 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,866 | 39 | #2,495 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,679 | 19 | #4,081 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,897 | 23 | #3,390 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,120 | 26 | #3,030 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,861 | 19 | #3,617 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,098 | 19 | #3,566 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,053 | 10 | #5,557 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,233 | 12 | #4,838 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,685 | 9 | #5,830 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,664 | 10 | #5,288 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,070 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,387 | 6 | #7,310 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,843 | 13 | #4,056 |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,106 | 7 | #5,852 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,573 | 12 | #3,758 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,216 | 5 | #6,880 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,536 | 5 | #6,681 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,993 | 10 | #3,962 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,505 | 5 | #6,381 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,982 | 8 | #4,656 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,300 | 9 | #4,199 |
| 1980 | 14 | #5,012 | 11 | #3,651 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,411 | 10 | #3,844 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,708 | 8 | #4,210 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,459 | 19 | #2,378 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,388 | 13 | #2,966 |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,033 | 6 | #4,881 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,332 | 7 | #4,247 |
| 1973 | — | — | 6 | #4,582 |
| 1972 | — | — | 6 | #4,514 |
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).