NameTides

Cesar

Cesar was the #385 boys' name in the US in 2025 (824 babies).

Cesar as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Cesar as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020US
Cesar as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, 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 & WalesCanada
2025#385 (824)——
2024#361 (917)—#2,062 (9)
2023#367 (884)#4,108 (4)#2,336 (7)
2022#346 (946)#4,790 (3)#2,052 (8)
2021#384 (838)—#1,898 (9)
2020#371 (841)#3,848 (4)#2,197 (7)
2019#333 (1,005)#2,266 (9)#1,835 (9)
2018#334 (1,002)#2,259 (9)#2,176 (7)
2017#313 (1,102)#3,040 (6)#1,510 (12)
2016#305 (1,161)#4,023 (4)#1,487 (12)
2015#281 (1,306)#4,747 (3)#2,387 (6)
2014#279 (1,284)#2,964 (6)#1,657 (10)
2013#261 (1,358)—#1,926 (8)
2012#255 (1,437)#3,987 (4)#1,334 (14)
2011#219 (1,610)#4,647 (3)#1,802 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2004 at #158.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,100 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.

Next year

On its recent trend, Cesar is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 2,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cesar by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #416ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #455NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #398ORNevada: #243NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #773INOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: #355NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #211CAUtah: #703UTColorado: #366CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #587VAMaryland: #364MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #217AZNew Mexico: #161NMKansas: #352KSArkansas: #444ARTennessee: #477TNNorth Carolina: #621NCSouth Carolina: #608SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #395OKLouisiana: #353LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #566GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #176TXFlorida: #458FL
Cesar (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CesarCanadaBoys—too few
CesarEngland & WalesBoys—too few
CesarNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
CesarUSGirls—too few
CesarUSBoys#385824