Cedar
Cedar is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 170 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1700.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2022188 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1972
- 3,866people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,464 boys have been named Cedar in the United States since 1972, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 188 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 41%.
Cedar is used for both sexes: 36% of its bearers are girls (1,402), most of them born around 2022.
By decade
In 2022, its biggest year
Cedar was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Cedar
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kabirpeak 2021
- Levpeak 2022
- Nashpeak 2021
- Remypeak 2022
- Kilianpeak 2023
- Zeuspeak 2024
- Boazpeak 2023
- Amirpeak 2023
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.