How Many People Are Named Cesar?
people named Cesar are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,508 people in the US has this name
Based on 79,139 babies named Cesar in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,538 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French, Spanish and Portuguese form of CAESAR. A famous bearer was the American labour organizer César Chávez (1927-1993).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Cesar (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cesar alive today is about 26 years old, and 65% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cesar first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2004, to 2,538 babies. In 2025, 824 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cesar has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #158, in 2004. In 2025 it ranked #385.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #385 |
| Best rank | #158 (2004) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #174 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cesar alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cesar were born in California than in any other state: about 28,166 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cesar was given 2.8 times as often in California, 2.3 times in Texas and 2.2 times in Arizona.
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