How rare is the name Cesar?

121,106 people in the United States have the first name Cesar, about 1 in 2,494. It ranks #465 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CESAR

#465

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
121,106
About
1 in 2,494
This common or more
57.1%
Who bears it

Of the 121,106 people named Cesar, 94.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2.1% as White. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cesar peaked in 2004, when 2,538 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
2004
Births that year
2,538
In 2025*
824 ▼68%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 79,139 babies have been given the name since 1915. 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.

Cesar by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #317. The largest share of babies named Cesar, 43.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#6,46940
1920s#4,387138
1930s#3,282182
1940s#2,558332
1950s#1,824868
1960s#1,1972,161
1970s#6716,202
1980s#5259,245
1990s#35217,955
2000s#31723,677
2010s#52513,089
2020s#7355,250
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–450.4%
Baby boom 1946–642.4%
Generation X 1965–8010.5%
Millennials 1981–9626.1%
Generation Z 1997–1243.3%
2013 and later17%

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 Cesar is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cesar has been most common in California (3.8×), Nevada (3.7×), and Arizona (3.5×), and least common in Ohio (0.07×).

76,633 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 Cesar

#463 Sam · 121,443#464 Terri · 121,174#466 Parker · 120,174#467 Eleanor · 120,071

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cesar, most common first.

#3,880 Ceasar · 5,053#10,402 Cezar · 1,287#14,516 Cesare · 812#31,104 Cesear · 277#52,287 Ceser · 108

Also a last name

As a last name, Cesar ranks #8,405 of 156,621, with 3,774 people. See Cesar as a last name

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