Cesar

A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning hairy; imperial; a form of Caesar.

Babies a year
1,099
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#385
down from #360
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Cesar has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#248#333#418201520202025#385

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#281
2016#305
2017#313
2018#334
2019#333
2020#371
2021#385
2022#345
2023#368
2024#360
2025#385

Cesar by the numbers

Cesar was given to 1,099 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 2,536 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.

At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 840 American boys born that year was called Cesar.

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Cesar as a share of American boys born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Other names that come from Caesar

Like Cesar, each of these traces back to Caesar: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Kaiseremperor; derived from Caesar229 in the US (2017)
  • Kyzeremperor; a respelling of Keyser from Caesar142 in the US (2017)
  • Keizeremperor; a form of Caesar8 in the US (2017)
  • Cezarylong-haired; form of Caesar6 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cesar. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Cedarcedar tree186 in the US (2017)
  • Caesarhairy; the family name adopted as a given name74 in the US (2017)
  • Cezarlong-haired; a form of Caesar20 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ceasarhairy; a form of Caesar17 in the US (2017)
  • Cesarelong-haired; a form of Caesar5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Caspartreasurer or bringer of treasure48 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Cesar

Names that are said the same way as Cesar, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Ceaserlong-haired; variant of Caesar6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Cesar

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