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
Census
Cedrik in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 213 people with the first name Cedrik, which placed it at #36,939 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#36,939
National first-name rank
People counted
213
213 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
33.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Cedrik
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Cedrik is Black at 33.3%. The next largest groups are White (28.6%) and Hispanic (21.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Cedrik described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Cedrik at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American33.3% · 71
- White28.6% · 61
- Hispanic or Latino21.1% · 45
- Two or more races7.5% · 16
- Asian and Pacific Islander7.0% · 15
- American Indian and Alaska Native2.3% · 5
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.
How common was Cedrik in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 213 people with the name Cedrik, or 0.07 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #36,939 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Cedrik in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Cedrik?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Cedrik appears almost entirely male. Of the 208 people counted with this name, 100.0% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Cedrik?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Cedrik is Black at 33.3%. The next largest groups are White (28.6%) and Hispanic (21.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Cedrik most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Cedrik in the 2020 Census, accounting for 33.3% (71 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Cedrik in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
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.
Is Cedrik still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Cedrik in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Cedrik can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
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.
How common is the name Cedrik?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.