Boys' name · peaked in 1974
Cedric name popularity since 1925
41,654 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Cedric (0.7% girls, 99.3% boys). Half of them were born in 1981 or earlier, so the typical Cedric is about 45 years old in 2026. Cedric peaked in 1974 as the #230 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 41,654
- Named Cedric, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,051 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.3% boys
- 278 girls · 41,376 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 4.97× its national share
Peak year is the year Cedric made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Cedric births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1982. Measured as a share of all babies, Cedric peaked in 1974.
- Fastest rise: Between 1952 and 1957, Cedric became 2.3× more common, from 1 in 12,500 baby boys to 1 in 5,380.
- Steepest fall: Between 1985 and 1990, its share of baby boys fell by 35%, from 1 in 2,190 to 1 in 3,360.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Cedric's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Cedric.
Decade by decade
Babies named Cedric in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 207 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 428 | #994 |
| 1940s | 5 | 626 | #851 |
| 1950s | 13 | 2,734 | #464 |
| 1960s | 64 | 6,835 | #284 |
| 1970s | 122 | 8,676 | #237 |
| 1980s | 74 | 7,997 | #261 |
| 1990s | 0 | 5,667 | #400 |
| 2000s | 0 | 4,263 | #591 |
| 2010s | 0 | 2,614 | #864 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 1,329 | #1,051 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
31.9% of babies named Cedric from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Cedric is most popular
The index compares Cedric's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Cedric.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 4.97× | 2,269 |
| Alabama | 4.30× | 2,869 |
| Louisiana | 3.65× | 2,467 |
| Georgia | 3.06× | 3,193 |
| Arkansas | 2.22× | 862 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Cedric's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Cedric.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Cedric (1974).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data