# Cesar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cesar/  
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 | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Cesars |
| US babies named this | 79,139 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 78,824 / 315 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 87, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicized spelling of Spanish César. Doublet of Caesar.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 9 | 8,950 |
| 1995 | 14 | 6,313 |
| 1996 | 7 | 10,781 |
| 1997 | 10 | 8,465 |
| 1998 | 7 | 11,349 |
| 1999 | 5 | 14,840 |
| 2000 | 9 | 10,051 |
| 2001 | 10 | 9,511 |
| 2002 | 13 | 7,915 |
| 2003 | 7 | 12,663 |
| 2005 | 11 | 9,583 |
| 2006 | 5 | 17,657 |
| 2007 | 6 | 15,884 |
| 2008 | 6 | 15,788 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17,423 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,610 | 219 |
| 2012 | 1,437 | 255 |
| 2013 | 1,358 | 261 |
| 2014 | 1,284 | 279 |
| 2015 | 1,306 | 281 |
| 2016 | 1,161 | 305 |
| 2017 | 1,102 | 313 |
| 2018 | 1,002 | 334 |
| 2019 | 1,005 | 333 |
| 2020 | 841 | 371 |
| 2021 | 838 | 384 |
| 2022 | 946 | 346 |
| 2023 | 884 | 367 |
| 2024 | 917 | 361 |
| 2025 | 824 | 385 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,318 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |

## People named Cesar

- Cesare Borgia, Duke of Romagna and former Catholic cardinal
- Cesar Romero, American actor (1907–1994)
- César Milstein, Argentine biochemist (1927–2002)
- César Franck, Belgian-French composer and organist (1822–1890)
- César Sampaio, Brazilian association football player
- Antoine César Becquerel, French scientist and pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena (1788-1878
- César Pelli, Argentine-American architect (1926–2019)
- César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer
- Cesár Sampson, Austrian singer–songwriter
- César Delgado, Argentine footballer
- César Aira, Argentine writer and translator
- César Baldaccini, French sculptor (1921-1998)

## 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.