NameTides

Cedric

Cedric was the #1,051 boys' name in the US in 2025 (209 babies), and #1,093 in England & Wales and #395 in Canada.

Cedric as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Cedric as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandUSEngland & Wales
Cedric as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,051 (209)#1,093 (27)#647 (4)#395 (82)
2024#940 (245)#1,460 (18)—#386 (85)
2023#1,044 (209)#1,175 (24)#614 (4)#405 (72)
2022#959 (236)#825 (38)—#390 (76)
2021#1,037 (208)#1,516 (16)—#376 (82)
2020#969 (222)#1,379 (18)—#319 (100)
2019#1,000 (209)#2,266 (9)—#360 (86)
2018#958 (216)#2,693 (7)—#349 (91)
2017#977 (211)#1,923 (12)—#330 (99)
2016#909 (237)#1,704 (14)—#291 (121)
2015#864 (261)#1,673 (14)—#282 (121)
2014#787 (293)#2,079 (10)—#274 (126)
2013#813 (268)#1,920 (11)—#246 (138)
2012#757 (302)#2,721 (7)—#207 (169)
2011#754 (300)#2,613 (7)—#205 (170)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1974 at #230.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1890.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 8,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 10,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Cedric is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,400 to 1 in 9,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cedric by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #711INOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,241CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #777TNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,094TXFlorida: #777FL
Cedric (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#29516
Ontario2024#50324

Cedric (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CedricCanadaBoys#39582
CedricEngland & WalesBoys#1,09327
CedricNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
CedricScotlandBoys#6474
CedricUSGirls—too few
CedricUSBoys#1,051209