Cesar
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #385 for boys
Cesar is a boys' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 385th for boys in the US (824 babies).
What does Cesar mean?
Spanish
A male given name from Spanish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Cesar a girl's or a boy's name?
Cesar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 824 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cesar in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Cesar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cesar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Cesar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 385th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 824 about 1 in 2,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 824 boys in the US were named Cesar, making it the 385th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 371st. Its busiest year was 2004, with 2,538 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had fewer boys named Cesar than any year since 1983.
Half of all the boys named Cesar in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cesar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 824 | #385 |
| 2024 | 917 | #361 |
| 2023 | 884 | #367 |
| 2022 | 946 | #346 |
| 2021 | 838 | #384 |
| 2020 | 841 | #371 |
| 2019 | 1,005 | #333 |
| 2018 | 1,002 | #334 |
| 2017 | 1,102 | #313 |
| 2016 | 1,161 | #305 |
| 2015 | 1,306 | #281 |
| 2014 | 1,284 | #279 |
| 2013 | 1,358 | #261 |
| 2012 | 1,437 | #255 |
| 2011 | 1,610 | #219 |
| 2010 | 1,819 | #202 |
| 2009 | 1,920 | #199 |
| 2008 | 2,366 | #166 |
| 2007 | 2,427 | #167 |
| 2006 | 2,475 | #169 |
| 2005 | 2,522 | #163 |
| 2004 | 2,538 | #158 |
| 2003 | 2,357 | #169 |
| 2002 | 2,369 | #162 |
| 2001 | 2,376 | #160 |
| 2000 | 2,260 | #170 |
| 1999 | 1,935 | #181 |
| 1998 | 2,003 | #168 |
| 1997 | 1,784 | #187 |
| 1996 | 1,990 | #170 |
| 1995 | 1,883 | #173 |
| 1994 | 1,776 | #178 |
| 1993 | 1,860 | #172 |
| 1992 | 1,600 | #195 |
| 1991 | 1,511 | #205 |
| 1990 | 1,506 | #200 |
| 1989 | 1,244 | #218 |
| 1988 | 1,051 | #232 |
| 1987 | 847 | #261 |
| 1986 | 879 | #254 |
| 1985 | 897 | #251 |
| 1984 | 863 | #252 |
| 1983 | 784 | #263 |
| 1982 | 859 | #257 |
| 1981 | 916 | #243 |
| 1980 | 823 | #264 |
| 1979 | 764 | #269 |
| 1978 | 733 | #270 |
| 1977 | 684 | #284 |
| 1976 | 720 | #268 |
| 1975 | 678 | #282 |
| 1974 | 671 | #280 |
| 1973 | 554 | #318 |
| 1972 | 493 | #348 |
| 1971 | 432 | #387 |
| 1970 | 424 | #389 |
| 1969 | 354 | #419 |
| 1968 | 270 | #464 |
| 1967 | 248 | #478 |
| 1966 | 212 | #524 |
| 1965 | 220 | #513 |
| 1964 | 213 | #538 |
| 1963 | 171 | #599 |
| 1962 | 164 | #604 |
| 1961 | 154 | #631 |
| 1960 | 150 | #634 |
| 1959 | 124 | #683 |
| 1958 | 128 | #669 |
| 1957 | 116 | #702 |
| 1956 | 99 | #736 |
| 1955 | 90 | #765 |
| 1954 | 75 | #832 |
| 1953 | 71 | #851 |
| 1952 | 63 | #882 |
| 1951 | 49 | #1,004 |
| 1950 | 53 | #947 |
| 1949 | 57 | #910 |
| 1948 | 53 | #953 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,115 |
| 1946 | 39 | #1,110 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,295 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,282 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,367 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,381 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1940 | 13 | #1,983 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,489 |
| 1938 | 25 | #1,337 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,756 |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,505 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,932 |
| 1933 | 15 | #1,829 |
| 1932 | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1931 | 23 | #1,458 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,693 |
| 1929 | 16 | #1,933 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,302 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,934 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
Names like Cesar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cruz, Cooper, Carter, Omar, Lucas, Caleb, Hunter, Xavier, Spencer, Luca, Mason, Hector
Names related to Cesar
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Sierra, Paloma, Amaia
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, “Cesar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cesar, updated 20 October 2026.