Cedric

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Cedric: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Cedric: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #825, and it stood at #1,460 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#825highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#2337
1998	#2074
1999	#2425
2000	#2501
2001	#3134
2002	#2636
2003	#2470
2004	#2304
2005	#2174
2006	#2282
2007	#3589
2008	#2775
2009	#1859
2010	#2629
2011	#2613
2012	#2721
2013	#1920
2014	#2079
2015	#1673
2016	#1704
2017	#1923
2018	#2693
2019	#2266
2020	#1379
2021	#1516
2022	#825
2023	#1175
2024	#1460

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #825 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1460 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Cedric by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cedric in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	19	4 of 10	5
2000s	57	10 of 10	6
2010s	98	10 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	114	5 of 10	23

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 23 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Cedric appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #825 in England and Wales in 2022.

Cedric's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1460	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1175	24	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#825	38	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1516	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1379	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #825, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 38 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,460position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
38births registered in its largest year, 202225 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Pollyanna · #825, 29y
Romany · #824, 29y
Waris · #826, 25y
Krishna · #827, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Pollyanna · #825, 29y
Fardeen · #824, 21y
Romany · #824, 29y
Seerat · #826, 21y

Cedric was ranked #825 in England and Wales · Boys in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Cedric and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cedric without appearing here.

Cedric moved ahead of

Rodney Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2613 and #2613 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2721 and #4805.
Grant Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2266 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1379 and #3334.
Keith Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2266 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1379 and #3334.
Brent Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2721 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1920 and #3822.

Moved ahead of Cedric

Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1859 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2629 and #1201.
Tadhg Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1765 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2337 and #1174.
Hudson Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2074 and #2419 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #2425 and #1850.
Hunter Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2470 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2304 and #1878.

Moved the opposite way to Cedric

Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Cedric went from #1765 to #825 while Brent went from #898 to #3449.
Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Cedric went from #2337 to #1175 while Kelly went from #1454 to #3523.
Tor Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Cedric went from #1765 to #825 while Tor went from #2020 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Cedric went from #2074 to #825 while Ole went from #2901 to #4789.

Moved the same way as Cedric

Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cedric went from #3589 to #1460 and Matheo from #4333 to #1517.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #825 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cedric

Cedric at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cedric by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Cedric by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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