girls:
1.3k births since 1974
#4400 (23rd percentile)
boys:
2.3k births since 1972
#2635 (43rd percentile)
overall:
3.6k births since 1972
#4554 (41st percentile)
The name Cedar is the #4,554 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,614 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 41.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 41.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,635 (42.5% percentile) for all time with 2,290 births since 1972. For girls, it ranks #4,400 (23.0% percentile) for all time with 1,324 births since 1974.
Cedar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (1972 for boys and 1974 for girls).
The name Cedar has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (63.4% of all recorded births). In 2023, 65.8% of babies named Cedar were boys.
For boys, Cedar reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 19.8% percentile (ranked #741) with 100 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 100 births per million (ranked 19.8% percentile). Despite a peak around 1991, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Cedar ranks #764 for boys (16.2% percentile) with 83 births per million, which is 82.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Cedar reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 8.2% percentile (ranked #880) with 46 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 46 births per million (ranked 8.2% percentile). Despite a peak around 2004, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Cedar is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #873 (7.8% percentile) with 45 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cedar".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Cedar. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.5% confident that Cedar is pronounced as SEE-der, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SEH-der, at 9.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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