Male name
Cedric
315 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2022. Expression number: 33.
Origin
Invented by Walter Scott for Ivanhoe, possibly misread for Cerdic, name of a Saxon king, anglicized from Welsh caredig (“beloved”), in which case a doublet of Caradoc, Caradog, Caratacus, Craddock, Cradock, McCarthy, and McCarty. Alternatively Scott based Cedric on the Welsh name Cedrych (“spectacular bounty”).From Wiktionary, entry “Cedric”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2022: 38 births. 315 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 2022. It is still given: 123 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1982: 987 births. 42,382 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1960s to the 2000s. It really came into use around 1912. It is still given: 1,107 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 152,745 | 1900–2025 | 5th in 1978 |
| Switzerland | 9,145* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 6,108 | 1980–2025 | 33rd in 1999 |
| Austria | 213 | 1984–2025 | — |
| Berlin | 60 | 2012–2023 | — |
| Belgium | 30 | 2014–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
33
the guide, self-giving (master number)
3 + 5 + 4 + 9 + 9 + 3 = 33
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
5
freedom, change, movement
5 + 9 = 14 → 5
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
3 + 4 + 9 + 3 = 19 → 1
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 2, 6, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 3 · expression, creativity, sociability
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.