Kedric
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KED-rik
- Origin
- English
Kedric is a boys' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kedric mean?
English: spelling of Cedric, a literary coinage
Cedric was popularised by Walter Scott's Ivanhoe (1819), probably adapted from Cerdic, a founder of Wessex.
Is Kedric a girl's or a boy's name?
Kedric is a boys' name.
How popular is Kedric in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the boys named Kedric in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kedric in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,542 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,141 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,206 |
| 1981 | 30 | #1,864 |
| 1980 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,000 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 20 | #2,020 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
Nicknames for Kedric
- Ked
Names like Kedric
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kendrick, Brandon, Tyler, Tanner, Colton, Keaton, Tyson, Taylor, Hunter, Keegan, Dylan, Landon
Names related to Kedric
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kedric: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kedric, updated 20 October 2026.