Cesar
Cesar is ranked 360th among boys in 2024 (916 births). Its best rank was 158th, in 2004.
- Rank in 2024
- #360up 6 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 9160.05% of boys
- Peak year
- 20042,538 births
- Best rank
- #158in 2004
- Since 1915
- 77,992people given the name
The story in the numbers
77,992 boys have been named Cesar in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2004, with 2,538 births — 0.13% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 279 → 360).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 2000s alone account for 30%. It has spent 76 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Cesar | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 40 | |
| 1920s | 138 | |
| 1930s | 182 | |
| 1940s | 332 | |
| 1950s | 868 | |
| 1960s | 2,156 | |
| 1970s | 6,153 | |
| 1980s | 9,162 | |
| 1990s | 17,845 | |
| 2000s | 23,608 | |
| 2010s | 13,083 | |
| 2020s | 4,425 |
In 2004, its biggest year
Cesar was the 158th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2004 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2004.
Names that rose and fell with Cesar
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Alejandropeak 2001
- Alexandropeak 2004
- Gianfrancopeak 2002
- Gustavopeak 2000
- Eduardopeak 2001
- Marcospeak 2001
- Javanpeak 2004
- Leobardopeak 2003
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.