Cesc

Boys' name

Javelin, through Francesc

Cesc has been given to 21 babies in the U.S. since 2012. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2012, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Cesc, 2016

1 in 734,000

Cesc over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Cesc: meaning, origin, and history

Javelin, through Francesc

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Cesc means

Cesc belongs to the name family reached through Cesc → Francesc → Francesco. Its meaning is “javelin”.

Origin, language, and formation

Cesc is used in Catalan.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Francesc and Francesco.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Catalan, Cesc is pronounced [ˈse̞sk].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 21 boys were recorded with the name Cesc between 2012 and 2016. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2012; its best national rank was #7,640 in 2012.

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.

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How common is Cesc?

Cesc had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2016, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2016: 1 in 734,000; 5 of 3,669,531 births
Among boys only: 1 in 380,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2016: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 508,706 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Cesc 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 2016 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 508,706 children born in 2016 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cesc. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cescs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cesc was born before 2013 — so the typical Cesc is around 12 today.

Median birth year: 2013; About 12 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 21; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (21).

Is Cesc 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2012 (10)
Years since peak: 13; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 40.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,640; 2012

Spellings of Cesc

Cesc is not the most common spelling — Cesar is, with 47.8% against Cesc's 0.01%.

Cesar47.8%78,824
Cash16.8%27,705
Jess15.2%25,063
Case6.0%9,926
Wes4.1%6,786
West2.2%3,692
Les2.1%3,448
Desi1.4%2,347

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.

Cesc by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,640; 2012
Peak year: 2012; 10 that year
First recorded: 2012
Last recorded: 2016
All-time count: 21
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Cesc

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

Cesear Cesur Cesareo Cesidio Cesare Francesc Cesario Cesar

Sibling names for Cesc

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

For a sister

Sofie Aubri Kaelynn Kendyl Bayleigh Audriana Farah Karis

For a brother

Konnor Landry Harper Jovanni Maxim Madden Eliot Jagger

Explore around Cesc

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