# Cedric (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cedric/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | “beloved”, “spectacular bounty” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsɛdɹɪk/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 42,382 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 42,104 / 278 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 315, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Invented by Walter Scott for Ivanhoe, possibly misread for Cerdic, name of a Saxon king, anglicized from Welsh caredig (“beloved”), in which case a doublet of Caradoc, Caradog, Caratacus, Craddock, Cradock, McCarthy, and McCarty. Alternatively Scott based Cedric on the Welsh name Cedrych (“spectacular bounty”).

## What it means

Cedric is grouped under love.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 13 | 4,626 |
| 1976 | 14 | 4,389 |
| 1977 | 11 | 5,571 |
| 1978 | 14 | 4,709 |
| 1979 | 10 | 6,254 |
| 1980 | 5 | 10,614 |
| 1981 | 7 | 8,245 |
| 1982 | 10 | 6,428 |
| 1983 | 9 | 6,788 |
| 1984 | 7 | 8,295 |
| 1985 | 6 | 9,467 |
| 1986 | 11 | 6,228 |
| 1987 | 9 | 7,466 |
| 1988 | 5 | 12,107 |
| 1989 | 5 | 12,702 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 300 | 754 |
| 2012 | 302 | 758 |
| 2013 | 268 | 813 |
| 2014 | 293 | 787 |
| 2015 | 261 | 864 |
| 2016 | 237 | 909 |
| 2017 | 211 | 977 |
| 2018 | 216 | 959 |
| 2019 | 209 | 1,001 |
| 2020 | 222 | 969 |
| 2021 | 208 | 1,038 |
| 2022 | 236 | 961 |
| 2023 | 209 | 1,045 |
| 2024 | 245 | 940 |
| 2025 | 209 | 1,051 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1,920 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,923 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,379 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,516 |
| 2022 | 38 | 825 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1,175 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,460 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1,093 |

## In other languages

- Finnish: Sedrik
- French: Cédric
- Portuguese: Cedrico

## People named Cedric

- Cédric Villani, French mathematician and politician
- Cédric Carrasso, French footballer (born 1981)
- Cédric Pioline, French tennis player
- Cédric Klapisch, French film director, actor and screenwriter (born 1961)
- Cédric Sorhaindo, French handball player
- Cédric Djeugoué, Cameroonian footballer
- Cédric Si Mohamed, Algerian and French footballer
- Cédric Makiadi, Congolese footballer
- Cédric Mongongu, Congolese footballer
- Cédric Kahn, French film director
- Cédric Burdet, French handball player
- Cédric Barbosa, French footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.