Kedar vs Kedric
American parents have registered 960 Kedrics since 1880, against 558 Kedars. But in 2025 it was Kedar that was commoner, 9 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Kedar Kedric
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 70 years in which either name was published, Kedric for 53 years and Kedar for 17 years. The lead changed hands 15 times.
- 1921–1997 Kedric ahead, apart from one short spell
- 2003–2006 Kedar ahead
- 2011–2014 Kedric ahead
- 2020–2025 Kedar ahead
11 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Kedar | Kedric | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 558 | 960 |
| Most in one year | 33 | 31 |
| Babies in 2025 | 9 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 540 | 890 |
| Median age today | 24 | 33 |
| Peak year | 1998 | 1997 |
| Best rank | 2,552nd boys | 2,546th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 8,243rd | unranked |
| First recorded | 1972 | 1921 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 558 | 0 / 960 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Kedrics alive today are over 33; half the Kedars are over 24. That is 9 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Kedar and Kedric.