Kedrick
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KED-rik
- Origin
- Celtic
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Kedrick is a boys' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Kedrick mean?
Celtic: spelling of Cedric, probably from Cerdic, a Brittonic name
A spelling of Cedric, which Walter Scott coined for Ivanhoe (1819), probably from Cerdic, the legendary founder of Wessex.
Is Kedrick a girl's or a boy's name?
Kedrick is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kedrick 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 Kedrick, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1978, with 71 boys. It first appears in the records in 1927.
2025 had fewer boys named Kedrick than any year since 1965.
Half of all the boys named Kedrick in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kedrick in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 36 | #3,127 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 35 | #3,219 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 45 | #2,620 |
| 2005 | 37 | #2,842 |
| 2004 | 39 | #2,693 |
| 2003 | 44 | #2,388 |
| 2002 | 40 | #2,466 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,113 |
| 2000 | 43 | #2,252 |
| 1999 | 48 | #1,992 |
| 1998 | 55 | #1,808 |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,021 |
| 1996 | 52 | #1,760 |
| 1995 | 45 | #1,882 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | 51 | #1,694 |
| 1992 | 51 | #1,672 |
| 1991 | 44 | #1,792 |
| 1990 | 40 | #1,904 |
| 1989 | 58 | #1,428 |
| 1988 | 45 | #1,587 |
| 1987 | 33 | #1,892 |
| 1986 | 48 | #1,438 |
| 1985 | 47 | #1,428 |
| 1984 | 45 | #1,421 |
| 1983 | 42 | #1,469 |
| 1982 | 54 | #1,263 |
| 1981 | 54 | #1,246 |
| 1980 | 52 | #1,291 |
| 1979 | 62 | #1,137 |
| 1978 | 71 | #1,034 |
| 1977 | 44 | #1,367 |
| 1976 | 37 | #1,469 |
| 1975 | 54 | #1,146 |
| 1974 | 39 | #1,370 |
| 1973 | 40 | #1,312 |
| 1972 | 23 | #1,871 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,915 |
| 1970 | 22 | #1,888 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
Names like Kedrick
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kendrick, Keegan, Ryan, Dylan, Cody, Brandon, Kody, Kieran, Derek, Derrick, Connor, Kevin
Names related to Kedrick
More Celtic names
Arthur, Imogen, Gael, Harvey, Alana, Alan, Tristan, Vienna, Lana, Alaina, Sabrina, Alanna, Bryce, Devon, Arturo, Alannah
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, “Kedrick: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kedrick, updated 20 October 2026.