How rare is the name Caesar?

4,488 people in the United States have the first name Caesar, about 1 in 67,298. It ranks #4,238 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CAESAR

#4,238

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,488
About
1 in 67,298
This common or more
83.8%
Who bears it

Of the 4,488 people named Caesar, 59.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 15.2% as Black and 13.4% as White. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Caesar peaked in 2015, when 92 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
92
In 2025*
44 ▼52%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,445 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Caesar by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #1,863. The largest share of babies named Caesar, 17.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#2,15925
1890s#3,01517
1900s#2,52358
1910s#1,863366
1920s#2,281390
1930s#2,640263
1940s#2,820280
1950s#2,638420
1960s#2,991390
1970s#2,962503
1980s#3,334521
1990s#3,503672
2000s#4,910572
2010s#4,515689
2020s#5,905279
Before 19010.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2713.8%
Silent Generation 1928–458.5%
Baby boom 1946–6413.8%
Generation X 1965–8013.6%
Millennials 1981–9617.8%
Generation Z 1997–1216.9%
2013 and later14.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Caesar is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Caesar has been most common in California (4.7×), New York (2.8×), and Texas (2.6×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.33×).

2,456 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Caesar

#4,236 Alisson · 4,489#4,236 Jericho · 4,489#4,239 Haiden · 4,487#4,240 Hua · 4,484

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Caesar, most common first.

#46,679 Caeser · 142

Also a last name

As a last name, Caesar ranks #8,749 of 156,621, with 3,599 people. See Caesar as a last name

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