Recorded 1972–2025 · United States
Cedar was most popular in 2022, when 271 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,835 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,075, with 220 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,091 people named Cedar.
Cedar first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1972, which makes it about 53 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 54 of the 54 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 4,091 American births named Cedar between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 4,039 are estimated to be alive today.
220 American babies were named Cedar in 2025, ranking #2,075 that year.
Cedar is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 240 births a year, against 118 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +103% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Cedar is a unisex name — 35.7% of the 4,091 Americans given it were girls and 64.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 2005 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 29% girls and 71% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 4,039 Americans named Cedar are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 9 years old, and half are between 5 and 19.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org