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Cedar

#1,244 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Cedar has been given to 4,091 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #1,244 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 188 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 64% boys, 36% girls all-time.

Babies named Cedar, 2025

1 in 20,700

Cedar over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Cedar over time

In 2025, Cedar went to 27% girls and 73% boys.

19722025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Cedar: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Cedar means

Cedar is a given name.

The naming story behind Cedar

Wikidata records Cedar as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q101017845, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,629 boys were recorded with the name Cedar between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 188 in 2022; its best national rank was #1,125 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,201 in 2020 to #1,244 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,503 in 2015 to #1,244 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,462 girls were recorded with the name Cedar between 1974 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 83 in 2022; its best national rank was #2,259 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,347 in 2020 to #2,827 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,857 in 2015 to #2,827 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Cedar?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 20,700
160 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 10,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,244
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
14,363 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Cedar sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 14,363 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cedar. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cedars were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cedar was born before 2017 — so the typical Cedar is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
38.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
87.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,629
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 38.0% of all recorded uses (1,000).

Is Cedar rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−54
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−43
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+259
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.45×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
85.1%
Peak was 2022 (188)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,125
2022

Spellings of Cedar

Cedar is not the most common spelling — Edgar is, with 58.3% against Cedar's 0.97%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Cedar is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Cedar was most concentrated in Oregon — about 1 in 1,429 boys, against 1 in 12,768 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

170 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oregon1 in 1,429
  2. 2Washington1 in 2,273
  3. 3Utah1 in 2,941
  4. 4Idaho1 in 3,226
  5. 5Montana1 in 3,226
  6. 6Colorado1 in 3,571
  7. 7Alaska1 in 5,263
  8. 8Minnesota1 in 6,250

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Cedar is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Cedar was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 3,030 girls, against 1 in 19,009 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

133 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 3,030
  2. 2Montana1 in 5,263
  3. 3North Dakota1 in 5,556
  4. 4Washington1 in 6,667
  5. 5Minnesota1 in 7,692
  6. 6Oregon1 in 14,286
  7. 7Wisconsin1 in 16,667
  8. 8California1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Cedar around the world

Where Cedar ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2015–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2000–2024
    #916
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1979–1998
    #534
    in 1998

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Cedar

People whose public names include Cedar, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Cedar by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,244
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 43
Best rank ever
#1,125
2022
Peak year
2022
188 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,629
Count in 2025
160

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,827
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 480
Best rank ever
#2,259
2022
Peak year
2022
83 that year
First recorded
1974
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,462
Count in 2025
60

Names similar to Cedar

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Cedar

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Cedar, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Cedar

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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