Caesar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SEE-zer
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,832 for boys
Caesar is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 2,832nd for boys in the US (44 babies).
What does Caesar mean?
Latin: Roman family name of uncertain meaning
Julius Caesar's family name became a title of Roman emperors and the source of the words Kaiser and Tsar.
Is Caesar a girl's or a boy's name?
Caesar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 44 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caesar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Caesar, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Caesar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Caesar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,708 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
How popular is Caesar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,832nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 44 about 1 in 39,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 44 boys in the US were named Caesar, making it the 2,832nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,688th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 92 boys.
Half of all the boys named Caesar in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Caesar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #2,832 |
| 2024 | 45 | #2,835 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 46 | #2,791 |
| 2021 | 55 | #2,438 |
| 2020 | 46 | #2,688 |
| 2019 | 54 | #2,463 |
| 2018 | 69 | #2,064 |
| 2017 | 76 | #1,897 |
| 2016 | 82 | #1,828 |
| 2015 | 92 | #1,691 |
| 2014 | 83 | #1,794 |
| 2013 | 61 | #2,164 |
| 2012 | 66 | #2,065 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,202 |
| 2010 | 47 | #2,578 |
| 2009 | 47 | #2,622 |
| 2008 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 2005 | 69 | #1,850 |
| 2004 | 50 | #2,279 |
| 2003 | 59 | #1,958 |
| 2002 | 56 | #1,970 |
| 2001 | 64 | #1,759 |
| 2000 | 58 | #1,826 |
| 1999 | 55 | #1,798 |
| 1998 | 56 | #1,788 |
| 1997 | 67 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 67 | #1,497 |
| 1995 | 70 | #1,412 |
| 1994 | 50 | #1,748 |
| 1993 | 74 | #1,316 |
| 1992 | 72 | #1,323 |
| 1991 | 71 | #1,330 |
| 1990 | 90 | #1,131 |
| 1989 | 55 | #1,487 |
| 1988 | 66 | #1,259 |
| 1987 | 67 | #1,174 |
| 1986 | 42 | #1,564 |
| 1985 | 68 | #1,124 |
| 1984 | 54 | #1,250 |
| 1983 | 41 | #1,489 |
| 1982 | 38 | #1,595 |
| 1981 | 43 | #1,455 |
| 1980 | 47 | #1,378 |
| 1979 | 37 | #1,570 |
| 1978 | 44 | #1,393 |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,079 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,238 |
| 1975 | 56 | #1,127 |
| 1974 | 51 | #1,151 |
| 1973 | 47 | #1,201 |
| 1972 | 56 | #1,083 |
| 1971 | 49 | #1,165 |
| 1970 | 50 | #1,170 |
| 1969 | 48 | #1,124 |
| 1968 | 35 | #1,282 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,150 |
| 1966 | 34 | #1,298 |
| 1965 | 33 | #1,334 |
| 1964 | 35 | #1,326 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,278 |
| 1962 | 31 | #1,402 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,155 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,114 |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,198 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,276 |
| 1957 | 41 | #1,213 |
| 1956 | 49 | #1,082 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,113 |
| 1954 | 42 | #1,150 |
| 1953 | 52 | #998 |
| 1952 | 37 | #1,212 |
| 1951 | 38 | #1,170 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,138 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,226 |
| 1948 | 23 | #1,518 |
| 1947 | 35 | #1,232 |
| 1946 | 40 | #1,093 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,295 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1943 | 27 | #1,342 |
| 1942 | 30 | #1,268 |
| 1941 | 28 | #1,254 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,272 |
| 1938 | 37 | #1,062 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,444 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,463 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,453 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,608 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,361 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,286 |
| 1931 | 35 | #1,145 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,368 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,443 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,382 |
| 1927 | 45 | #1,041 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1925 | 42 | #1,073 |
| 1924 | 43 | #1,093 |
| 1923 | 36 | #1,194 |
| 1922 | 53 | #958 |
| 1921 | 40 | #1,122 |
| 1920 | 43 | #1,073 |
| 1919 | 53 | #918 |
| 1918 | 51 | #933 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,033 |
| 1916 | 54 | #856 |
| 1915 | 41 | #980 |
| 1914 | 41 | #836 |
| 1913 | 33 | #835 |
| 1912 | 32 | #765 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 10 | #951 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 15 | #587 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 8 | #694 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
Names like Caesar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vincent, Roman, Victor, Oscar, Carter, Omar, Austin, Cooper, Felix, Leo, Cruz, Jasper
Names related to Caesar
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Caesar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caesar, updated 20 October 2026.