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How popular is the name Cedar?

Births per year, rank history and how many Cedars are alive today.

Cedar (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 2018, when 9 babies were given the name, the 2259th most popular that year. It has declined since 2018; the 2025 figure is roughly 44% of its peak.

The Cedar you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Cedars born in England and Wales are between 3 and 13, and there are at least 66 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Cedar - on average, only one in every 4,591 such rooms contains a Cedar.

How many babies are named Cedar each year?

035820202015: 32017: 72018: 92021: 42023: 82024: 32025: 4actual

Where does Cedar rank among boys' names?

1101001,00010,00020202015: ranked 4,7472017: ranked 2,7342018: ranked 2,2592021: ranked 3,9902023: ranked 2,5472024: ranked 5,1202025: ranked 4,275

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Cedar per year in England and Wales, 2015 to 2025, peaking at about 9 in 2018
Cedar: births per year in England and Wales, 2015-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Cedar most popular?

Cedar peaked in 2018, when 9 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Cedar?

At least 66 people named Cedar born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Cedar?

Most living Cedars are between 3 and 13; the most common age is about 8.

Is Cedar becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2018 peak.






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