Cedar**
#1,999 most common boys' name of all time · #4,808 across all names · 64% male / 36% female · used 1972–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,999
Rank overall
#4,808 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
4,091
Since 2016
2,211
Peak year
2022 #1,129
Best rank
#1,129 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 271/yr
Cedar first appears in 1972. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | 160 | 220 | #1,250 |
| 2024 | 76 | 173 | 249 | #1,191 |
| 2023 | 81 | 155 | 236 | #1,249 |
| 2022 | 83 | 188 | 271 | #1,129 |
| 2021 | 70 | 153 | 223 | #1,250 |
| 2020 | 75 | 158 | 233 | #1,202 |
| 2019 | 58 | 161 | 219 | #1,191 |
| 2018 | 49 | 145 | 194 | #1,269 |
| 2017 | 55 | 136 | 191 | #1,328 |
| 2016 | 41 | 134 | 175 | #1,336 |
| 2015 | 61 | 110 | 171 | #1,508 |
| 2014 | 51 | 75 | 126 | #1,934 |
| 2013 | 41 | 69 | 110 | #2,001 |
| 2012 | 36 | 62 | 98 | #2,162 |
| 2011 | 28 | 58 | 86 | #2,246 |
| 2010 | 30 | 50 | 80 | #2,488 |
| 2009 | 26 | 41 | 67 | #2,916 |
| 2008 | 32 | 41 | 73 | #2,908 |
| 2007 | 35 | 47 | 82 | #2,619 |
| 2006 | 28 | 48 | 76 | #2,531 |
| 2005 | 20 | 26 | 46 | #3,660 |
| 2004 | 30 | 27 | 57 | #3,495 |
| 2003 | 19 | 27 | 46 | #3,403 |
| 2002 | 24 | 24 | 48 | #3,605 |
| 2001 | 24 | 39 | 63 | #2,509 |
| 2000 | 25 | 19 | 44 | #4,137 |
| 1999 | 14 | 23 | 37 | #3,428 |
| 1998 | 16 | 26 | 42 | #3,056 |
| 1997 | 21 | 19 | 40 | #3,678 |
| 1996 | 19 | 19 | 38 | #3,618 |
| 1995 | 19 | 10 | 29 | #5,694 |
| 1994 | 10 | 12 | 22 | #4,964 |
| 1993 | 13 | 9 | 22 | #5,979 |
| 1992 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #5,456 |
| 1991 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #5,732 |
| 1990 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #7,567 |
| 1989 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #4,191 |
| 1988 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #6,111 |
| 1987 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #3,889 |
| 1986 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #7,270 |
| 1985 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #7,097 |
| 1984 | 14 | 10 | 24 | #4,129 |
| 1983 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #6,839 |
| 1982 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #4,890 |
| 1981 | 13 | 9 | 22 | #4,411 |
| 1980 | 14 | 11 | 25 | #3,787 |
| 1979 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #4,016 |
| 1978 | 14 | 8 | 22 | #4,460 |
| 1977 | 15 | 19 | 34 | #2,452 |
| 1976 | 14 | 13 | 27 | #3,076 |
| 1975 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #5,312 |
| 1974 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #4,574 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,998 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,920 |