Sedric
Masculine
Cedric has a soft c, and Sedric simply admits it. English writes the same letter for two sounds and leaves readers to guess, so a name that begins SED- is written with a C purely by inheritance. Swapping in the s costs nothing and settles everything, which is the same instinct that produces Kedrick — two spellings solving one problem from opposite directions.
How old is the name Sedric?
Sedric first appears in US birth records in 1919 — 106 years ago. The typical Sedric alive today was born around 1984, making them about 41 years old. About 1,400 people named Sedric are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sedric most popular?
Sedric peaked in 1974, reaching #1311 nationally. Today it ranks #12008, 10,697 places below that high. See the whole 1974 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Cerdic to Sedric
The story of Sedric
Once a name is invented and adopted, it starts behaving like any other name — it spreads, it gets shortened, and it gets respelled by people writing it from the sound. Sedric belongs to that last stage. It appears in American records through the twentieth century, most steadily in the South, and it is one of a set that also includes Cedrick, Sedrick and Kedrick. Each of them is doing the same work: taking a literary spelling with an ambiguous first letter and replacing it with a letter that only makes one sound. That is a small, sensible piece of engineering, and it is the whole story of this version.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The name has no meaning to give, and the reason is unusual: it began as an error. Walter Scott coined Cedric for a novel, apparently by misremembering Cerdic, a king of Wessex, and the invented spelling entered general use. Meanings printed for it in name books are supplied after the fact and rest on nothing.
How the name formed
- Cerdic
- Cedric
- Sedric
Related forms: Cédric · Cedric
Pronouncing Sedric
SED-rik
Two syllables, stress on the first. The s makes the first sound unmistakable, which is the entire argument for this spelling over the standard one.
Nicknames for Sedric
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1919
- Most boys named
- 198246 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1311reached in 1974
- Change vs 2023
- −28.6%5 in 2025, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sedric in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Cédric in French — related form
- Cedric in English — spelling variant
Sedrics among us
people named Sedric are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 341,615 born in 2025 was named Sedric
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Sedric
- #12008
- Sedric on the 2025 chart
- #682
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Sedric went to 5 boys in 2025, but Cedric, Cedrick and Cedrik are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 255, which makes it the 682nd most-given boys’ name of the year — 11,326 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 6,698 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 341,615 for Sedric itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Wallis test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Sedric's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Wallis climbed just as high around 1940, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Wallis's path sketches the road Sedric is walking now.
Sedric sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Sedric beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Sedric in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The first letter can only be read one way, which the standard spelling cannot manage.
- It sounds identical to a familiar name, so nothing has to be explained aloud.
- Two syllables, six letters, and no difficulty anywhere in it.
- Cedric is the standard spelling and will be substituted on most documents.
- The change is silent, so nobody learns it by ear and it must be dictated.
- Sedrick, Cedrick and Kedrick all sit nearby, which multiplies the corrections.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sedrics are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Sedric are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Sedric?
- Sedric is one of 4 recorded spellings. Cedric is the more common one — 209 births in 2025 against 5 for Sedric.
- How popular is the name Sedric in 2025?
- Sedric ranks #12008 among US boy names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Sedric?
- About 1 in every 341,615 US boys born in 2025 was named Sedric — 5 in all.
- Will my child share the name Sedric with classmates?
- Sedric will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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