Meaning not yet researched.
Cedric: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 209 in 2025. Its best rank was #230 in 1974.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #230 in 1974; #1,051 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Cedric in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,051 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1974, at #230.
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Cedric: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 209 boys in 2025. Peak: #230 in 1974 · most boys in one year: 977 (1982).
In 2025, 209 US boys were named Cedric, making it the 1,051st most common boys’ name of the year, down 111 places from #940 in 2024. That is 36 fewer than the 245 boys named Cedric in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #230, reached in 1974. The most boys given the name in a single year was 977, in 1982. For comparison, it was #864 in 2015 and #589 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Cedric in 129 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1890 with 5 babies. In all, 42,382 US babies have been given the name, 0.7% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1970s, with 8,798 babies named Cedric.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,202 US boys were named Cedric; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 245. In 2025 that was about 1 in 8,173 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Cedric ranked highest in Iowa in 2025, at #509 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Sedrick (3,511 babies since 1880) and Cedrick (6,352 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Sedric, Zedrick and Zedric are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ced, Rick and Ricky.
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: Sedric (1,505), Zedrick (471), Zedric (221), Cedrik (176), Ceddrick (47), Cedrice (12), Cerdic (5).
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.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 35 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 6 | #509 | — |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #702 | #616 |
| Indiana | 8 | #722 | — |
| Washington | 8 | #743 | — |
| Colorado | 6 | #779 | — |
| Florida | 19 | #780 | #568 |
| Tennessee | 8 | #795 | #637 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #803 | #641 |
| Missouri | 5 | #887 | #753 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,021 | #1,059 |
| Texas | 20 | #1,104 | #768 |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,134 | #999 |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,168 | #718 |
| Georgia | 6 | #1,232 | #427 |
| California | 15 | #1,257 | #1,089 |
| New York | 7 | #1,440 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 209 | #1,051 |
| 2024 | — | — | 245 | #940 |
| 2023 | — | — | 209 | #1,045 |
| 2022 | — | — | 236 | #961 |
| 2021 | — | — | 208 | #1,038 |
| 2020 | — | — | 222 | #969 |
| 2019 | — | — | 209 | #1,001 |
| 2018 | — | — | 216 | #959 |
| 2017 | — | — | 211 | #977 |
| 2016 | — | — | 237 | #909 |
| 2015 | — | — | 261 | #864 |
| 2014 | — | — | 293 | #787 |
| 2013 | — | — | 268 | #813 |
| 2012 | — | — | 302 | #758 |
| 2011 | — | — | 300 | #754 |
| 2010 | — | — | 317 | #724 |
| 2009 | — | — | 340 | #705 |
| 2008 | — | — | 374 | #651 |
| 2007 | — | — | 429 | #592 |
| 2006 | — | — | 416 | #590 |
| 2005 | — | — | 382 | #591 |
| 2004 | — | — | 384 | #581 |
| 2003 | — | — | 425 | #542 |
| 2002 | — | — | 481 | #481 |
| 2001 | — | — | 520 | #461 |
| 2000 | — | — | 512 | #463 |
| 1999 | — | — | 476 | #476 |
| 1998 | — | — | 552 | #419 |
| 1997 | — | — | 573 | #405 |
| 1996 | — | — | 592 | #400 |
| 1995 | — | — | 573 | #400 |
| 1994 | — | — | 548 | #418 |
| 1993 | — | — | 589 | #390 |
| 1992 | — | — | 554 | #408 |
| 1991 | — | — | 598 | #379 |
| 1990 | — | — | 612 | #377 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,702 | 643 | #352 |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,107 | 642 | #336 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,466 | 679 | #314 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,228 | 706 | #295 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,467 | 843 | #261 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,295 | 885 | #247 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,788 | 804 | #259 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,428 | 977 | #239 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,245 | 909 | #244 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,614 | 909 | #245 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,254 | 827 | #256 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,709 | 793 | #256 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,571 | 903 | #234 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,389 | 861 | #236 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,626 | 871 | #237 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,820 | 903 | #230 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,238 | 883 | #239 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,738 | 896 | #240 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,577 | 860 | #259 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,265 | 879 | #259 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,808 | 701 | #283 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,144 | 689 | #280 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,041 | 717 | #272 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,338 | 726 | #272 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,356 | 700 | #284 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,552 | 742 | #285 |
| 1963 | — | — | 695 | #294 |
| 1962 | — | — | 693 | #295 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,948 | 639 | #307 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,819 | 533 | #336 |
| 1959 | — | — | 520 | #340 |
| 1958 | — | — | 406 | #388 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,469 | 401 | #383 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,891 | 280 | #454 |
| 1955 | — | — | 254 | #464 |
| 1954 | — | — | 224 | #482 |
| 1953 | — | — | 206 | #490 |
| 1952 | — | — | 156 | #560 |
| 1951 | — | — | 154 | #547 |
| 1950 | — | — | 133 | #589 |
| 1949 | — | — | 96 | #698 |
| 1948 | — | — | 68 | #825 |
| 1947 | — | — | 73 | #809 |
| 1946 | 5 | #5,053 | 65 | #814 |
| 1945 | — | — | 54 | #851 |
| 1944 | — | — | 48 | #918 |
| 1943 | — | — | 60 | #857 |
| 1942 | — | — | 53 | #911 |
| 1941 | — | — | 64 | #780 |
| 1940 | — | — | 45 | #952 |
| 1939 | — | — | 47 | #904 |
| 1938 | — | — | 35 | #1,097 |
| 1937 | — | — | 55 | #824 |
| 1936 | — | — | 43 | #940 |
| 1935 | — | — | 41 | #994 |
| 1934 | — | — | 41 | #1,008 |
| 1933 | — | — | 38 | #1,054 |
| 1932 | — | — | 29 | #1,259 |
| 1931 | — | — | 44 | #998 |
| 1930 | — | — | 55 | #893 |
| 1929 | — | — | 45 | #1,013 |
| 1928 | — | — | 35 | #1,215 |
| 1927 | — | — | 51 | #983 |
| 1926 | — | — | 42 | #1,097 |
| 1925 | — | — | 34 | #1,229 |
| 1924 | — | — | 42 | #1,111 |
| 1923 | — | — | 32 | #1,279 |
| 1922 | — | — | 42 | #1,086 |
| 1921 | — | — | 59 | #913 |
| 1920 | — | — | 58 | #903 |
| 1919 | — | — | 50 | #950 |
| 1918 | — | — | 55 | #897 |
| 1917 | — | — | 40 | #1,037 |
| 1916 | — | — | 39 | #1,032 |
| 1915 | — | — | 57 | #806 |
| 1914 | — | — | 51 | #738 |
| 1913 | — | — | 44 | #683 |
| 1912 | — | — | 37 | #701 |
| 1911 | — | — | 17 | #796 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,632 |
| 1909 | — | — | 13 | #811 |
| 1908 | — | — | 13 | #750 |
| 1907 | — | — | 7 | #1,117 |
| 1906 | — | — | 8 | #941 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,262 |
| 1904 | — | — | 8 | #893 |
| 1903 | — | — | 7 | #923 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,077 |
| 1897 | — | — | 8 | #798 |
| 1896 | — | — | 7 | #910 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,105 |
| 1893 | — | — | 9 | #712 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,030 |
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).