Name meaning & stats
Cedric
Cedric means “beloved” (Welsh origin). 41,019 US babies since 1940, peak 1982.
What it means
“beloved”
WelshWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1982
41,019 US babies were named Cedric between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Cedric (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 76% of the family
- Cedric 76%
- Cedrick 12%
- Sedrick 7%
- Sedric 3%
- Zedrick 1%
- Cederick 1%
- Zedric <1%
- Cedrik <1%
- Sederick <1%
- Cederic <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1982)