Cedrik
Germanic name meaning "battle leader" or "loved leader".
Name Census estimates that about 167 living Americans carry the first name Cedrik. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Cedrik today is around 21 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Cedrik births was 2001 (14 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Cedrik. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
167
~ 1 in 2,052,421 Americans
Peak year
2001
14 babies that year
Average age
21
years old
2024 SSA rank
#9,102
Tracked since 1987
Popularity
Cedrik: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Cedrik from the 1980s through to the 2020s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 48 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2000s peak, Cedrik remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Cedrik by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Cedrik during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Cedrik
The name Cedrik is of Old English and French origin, derived from the Old English name Cædric, which itself stems from the elements "cæd" meaning "battle" and "ric" meaning "ruler" or "power." The French variant, Cédric, emerged from the Old English version during the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century.
The name Cedrik was popular among the Anglo-Saxon nobility and royalty in the early medieval period. One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Cedric, a Saxon king of Wessex who ruled from 689 to 726 AD. He is mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, an important historical record of early medieval England.
In the 9th century, a Cedric is recorded as the Bishop of Chichester from 839 to 870 AD. Another notable figure was Cedric the Saxon, a character in the legend of Robin Hood, who is portrayed as the dispossessed Saxon lord of Rotherwood and the father of Cedric of Rotherwood.
The name Cedrik gained popularity in Europe during the High Middle Ages, particularly in France and England. One of the most famous historical figures with this name was Cedric the Norman, a nobleman who accompanied William the Conqueror during the Norman invasion of England in 1066.
In the realm of literature, the name Cedrik appears in several notable works, including Sir Walter Scott's novel "Ivanhoe," where Cedric of Rotherwood is a prominent character. The name also appears in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" as the name of a minor character, Cedric the Halfling.
Other notable individuals with the name Cedrik throughout history include Cedric Gibbons (1890-1960), an Irish-American art director who won eleven Academy Awards for his work in film, and Cedric Willoughby (1909-1989), a South African cricketer who played Test cricket for South Africa in the 1930s.
People
Cedrik + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Cedrik as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with C
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Cedrik: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Cedrik?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 167 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Cedrik going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 2,052,421 US residents.
Is Cedrik a common name?
We classify Cedrik as "Very Rare". It ranks above 71.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 170 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Cedrik most popular?
The single biggest year for Cedrik was 2001, when 14 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Cedrik is about 21 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Cedrik a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Cedrik in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.