Cesare
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- CHEH-za-reh
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Cesare is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Cesare mean?
Latin: Italian form of Caesar
Cesare Borgia, the ruthless Renaissance prince, was a model for Machiavelli's The Prince.
Is Cesare a girl's or a boy's name?
Cesare is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cesare in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 117% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Cesare, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Cesare in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Cesare in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Cesare, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Cesare in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cesare in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,365 |
| 1970 | 23 | #1,846 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
Names like Cesare
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Theodore, Jesse, Vinnie, Lorenzo, Constantine, Felix, Leo, Romeo, Oliver, Vicente, George, Rome
Names related to Cesare
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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, “Cesare: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cesare, updated 20 October 2026.