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Cedric
Pronounced /ˈsɛdɹɪk/
Rank in 2024
#944
Born in 2024
242
Peak year
1982 · #239
Origin
Welsh
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 242 boys were named Cedric, about 1 in every 7,088.
- It peaked in 1982 with 977 babies, ranked #239.
- It first shows up in the records in 1890.
- 41,889 boys have been named Cedric since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Cedric per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.2Boomers1946–64
- 0.5Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 816 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 832 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 6,337 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Gen X: 13,118 babies, 0.48 per 1,000. Millennials: 11,153 babies, 0.37 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,783 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,811 babies, 0.13 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
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”).
- A male given name from Welsh.
- Origin
- Welsh
- Say it
- /ˈsɛdɹɪk/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Cedric, CC BY-SA 4.0.