Masculine dossier · first seen 1951

Cedrick

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Cedrick
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1978

Peak rank proxy

200

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1951Peak 19782024

Peak year

1978

Decline from peak

76%

2024

All-time

6,307

Cedrick has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1978, when 200 boys were named Cedrick.

In 2024, only 48 boys were given the name.

Down 76% from its peak.

All told, about 6,307 Americans have been named Cedrick and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1951.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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