Cedar

Boy · recorded 1972–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 2.7 to 1)

  • #1,244in 2025
  • 1 in 10,675boys in 2025
  • +63%last ten years
  • 4.9×in Washington

Most popular in 2022, and up 63% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1972

05410819721985199920122025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 54 recorded years as a table
Cedar, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19724
19734
19744
19754
19768
197712
19785
19796
19806
19815
19824
19833
19846
19853
19863
19876
19884
19896
19903
19914
19925
19935
19946
19955
199610
199710
199814
199912
200010
200120
200212
200314
200414
200513
200623
200723
200820
200921
201026
201131
201233
201336
201439
201557
201671
201773
201880
201990
202092
202187
2022108
202391
2024100
202594

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Washington 4.9×
  2. Colorado 3.5×
  3. California 0.6×

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
160
Rank in 2025
#1,244
How rare
1 in 10,675 boys
Since 1972
2,629

Most popular in 2022, at 108 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 63% per million boys born.

Top 3 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Washington4.9×45
Colorado3.5×26
California0.6×33

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.