Sedrick
Masculine
Sedrick belongs to a southern American respelling tradition rather than to the English novel its parent name came from. Two changes are at work: an s where the English has a c, and a k where the English has none, and both are marks of where and when the name was written down.
How old is the name Sedrick?
Sedrick first appears in US birth records in 1933 — 92 years ago. The typical Sedrick alive today was born around 1984, making them about 41 years old. About 3,300 people named Sedrick are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sedrick most popular?
Sedrick peaked in 1976, reaching #734 nationally. See the whole 1976 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Cedric to Sedrick
The story of Sedrick
American naming in the South developed a set of habits with borrowed names that are consistent enough to be recognizable: soft c written as s, final c written as ck, unstressed vowels written as they sound. The same tradition gives Sedrick, Deandre, Jarvis and Roderick their American shapes. The k ending in particular is a reliable marker — English keeps Cedric, Eric and Frederic, and America adds the k to all three — and the result is a name that reads as American at a glance even though its parent is not. Sedrick is strongest in the states where that tradition is strongest, which is the clearest evidence of where the spelling was made.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The parent name is a literary invention, so there is no inherited meaning to report. Attempts to supply one usually work backwards from a Saxon name it resembles, which is a guess about the inventor's intention rather than an etymology.
How the name formed
- Cedric
- Sedrick
Pronouncing Sedrick
SED-rik
Two syllables with the weight at the front. Cedric and Sedrick are said identically; the spelling records the sound rather than the source.
Nicknames for Sedrick
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
- 1933
- Most boys named
- 1976129 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #734reached in 1976
- Change vs 2022
- −28.6%10 in 2024, from 14
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.
Sedrick in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Sedricks among us
people named Sedrick are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Sedrick sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The spelling removes any doubt about the opening consonant, which the c version leaves open.
- Rick is a ready short form and a complete name in its own right.
- Two syllables and no sound that has to be taught.
- Cedric is the standard spelling and will be written instead.
- There is no meaning to pass on, because the parent name was invented rather than inherited.
- It reads as a name of the second half of the twentieth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sedricks are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,300 people named Sedrick are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sedrick in 2025?
- Sedrick is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Sedrick with classmates?
- Sedrick will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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