Cedar
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Cedar is a name of English origin, meaning “cedar tree”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 1,244th for boys in the US (160 babies).
What does Cedar mean?
English: English tree name, via Latin from Greek kedros
“cedar tree”
The cedars of Lebanon, prized in the ancient world, supplied timber for Solomon's Temple in the Bible.
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Is Cedar a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Cedar has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 4 boys in the UK and 60 girls and 160 boys in the US.
How popular is Cedar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Cedar, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2018, with 10 boys. 3 girls were also named Cedar in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
In 2023, 33% of the babies named Cedar in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Cedar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
How popular is Cedar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,244among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 160about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 160 boys in the US were named Cedar, making it the 1,244th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,201st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 188 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972. 60 girls were also named Cedar in 2025 (2,822nd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Cedar in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 44% of the babies named Cedar in the US in 1977, and 27% in 2025.
Cedar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 160 | #1,244 |
| 2024 | 173 | #1,189 |
| 2023 | 155 | #1,248 |
| 2022 | 188 | #1,125 |
| 2021 | 153 | #1,245 |
| 2020 | 158 | #1,201 |
| 2019 | 161 | #1,188 |
| 2018 | 145 | #1,261 |
| 2017 | 136 | #1,321 |
| 2016 | 134 | #1,329 |
| 2015 | 110 | #1,502 |
| 2014 | 75 | #1,919 |
| 2013 | 69 | #1,988 |
| 2012 | 62 | #2,154 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,231 |
| 2010 | 50 | #2,466 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,893 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2007 | 47 | #2,602 |
| 2006 | 48 | #2,512 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,611 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,452 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,361 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 39 | #2,485 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,372 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,361 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
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