Cesar is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 2004 and has grown less common since.
Cesar is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #385 for boy births in the United States (and #771 across all names), given to 824 babies. Cesar was first reported in SSA data in 1915 and peaked in 2004 (2,538 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 824 | 824 | — | #385 |
| 2024 | 917 | 925 | — | #361 |
| 2023 | 884 | 892 | — | #367 |
| 2022 | 946 | 952 | — | #346 |
| 2021 | 838 | 849 | — | #384 |
| 2020 | 841 | 841 | — | #371 |
| 2019 | 1,005 | 1,013 | — | #333 |
| 2018 | 1,002 | 1,015 | — | #334 |
| 2017 | 1,102 | 1,114 | — | #313 |
| 2016 | 1,161 | 1,176 | — | #305 |
| 2015 | 1,306 | 1,324 | — | #281 |
| 2014 | 1,284 | 1,300 | — | #279 |
| 2013 | 1,358 | 1,373 | — | #261 |
| 2012 | 1,442 | 1,461 | #17,423 | #255 |
| 2011 | 1,610 | 1,643 | — | #219 |
| 2010 | 1,819 | 1,841 | — | #202 |
| 2009 | 1,920 | 1,951 | — | #199 |
| 2008 | 2,372 | 2,405 | #15,788 | #166 |
| 2007 | 2,433 | 2,468 | #15,884 | #167 |
| 2006 | 2,480 | 2,530 | #17,657 | #169 |
| 2005 | 2,533 | 2,575 | #9,583 | #163 |
| 2004 | 2,538 | 2,599 | — | #158 |
| 2003 | 2,364 | 2,403 | #12,663 | #169 |
| 2002 | 2,382 | 2,444 | #7,915 | #162 |
| 2001 | 2,386 | 2,454 | #9,511 | #160 |
| 2000 | 2,269 | 2,333 | #10,051 | #170 |
| 1999 | 1,940 | 2,005 | #14,840 | #181 |
| 1998 | 2,010 | 2,077 | #11,349 | #168 |
| 1997 | 1,794 | — | #8,465 | #187 |
| 1996 | 1,997 | — | #10,781 | #170 |
| 1995 | 1,897 | — | #6,313 | #173 |
| 1994 | 1,785 | — | #8,950 | #178 |
| 1993 | 1,874 | — | #6,324 | #172 |
| 1992 | 1,609 | — | #8,858 | #195 |
| 1991 | 1,529 | — | #5,213 | #205 |
| 1990 | 1,520 | — | #6,179 | #200 |
| 1989 | 1,253 | — | #8,151 | #218 |
| 1988 | 1,060 | — | #7,799 | #232 |
| 1987 | 847 | — | — | #261 |
| 1986 | 895 | — | #4,760 | #254 |
| 1985 | 904 | — | #8,482 | #251 |
| 1984 | 868 | — | #10,659 | #252 |
| 1983 | 794 | — | #6,288 | #263 |
| 1982 | 866 | — | #8,357 | #257 |
| 1981 | 926 | — | #6,397 | #243 |
| 1980 | 832 | — | #6,872 | #264 |
| 1979 | 774 | — | #6,255 | #269 |
| 1978 | 741 | — | #7,042 | #270 |
| 1977 | 684 | — | — | #284 |
| 1976 | 725 | — | #9,504 | #268 |
| 1975 | 683 | — | #9,269 | #282 |
| 1974 | 681 | — | #5,400 | #280 |
| 1973 | 559 | — | #8,605 | #318 |
| 1972 | 493 | — | — | #348 |
| 1971 | 438 | — | #7,508 | #387 |
| 1970 | 424 | — | — | #389 |
| 1969 | 354 | — | — | #419 |
| 1968 | 270 | — | — | #464 |
| 1967 | 248 | — | — | #478 |
| 1966 | 212 | — | — | #524 |
| 1965 | 225 | — | #6,657 | #514 |
| 1964 | 213 | — | — | #538 |
| 1963 | 171 | — | — | #599 |
| 1962 | 164 | — | — | #604 |
| 1961 | 154 | — | — | #632 |
| 1960 | 150 | — | — | #635 |
| 1959 | 124 | — | — | #684 |
| 1958 | 128 | — | — | #671 |
| 1957 | 116 | — | — | #703 |
| 1956 | 99 | — | — | #738 |
| 1955 | 90 | — | — | #767 |
| 1954 | 75 | — | — | #834 |
| 1953 | 71 | — | — | #853 |
| 1952 | 63 | — | — | #886 |
| 1951 | 49 | — | — | #1,005 |
| 1950 | 53 | — | — | #950 |
| 1949 | 57 | — | — | #911 |
| 1948 | 53 | — | — | #954 |
| 1947 | 42 | — | — | #1,118 |
| 1946 | 39 | — | — | #1,112 |
| 1945 | 26 | — | — | #1,303 |
| 1944 | 27 | — | — | #1,287 |
| 1943 | 26 | — | — | #1,372 |
| 1942 | 25 | — | — | #1,386 |
| 1941 | 24 | — | — | #1,379 |
| 1940 | 13 | — | — | #1,997 |
| 1939 | 20 | — | — | #1,498 |
| 1938 | 25 | — | — | #1,341 |
| 1937 | 16 | — | — | #1,767 |
| 1936 | 20 | — | — | #1,510 |
| 1935 | 16 | — | — | #1,770 |
| 1934 | 14 | — | — | #1,948 |
| 1933 | 15 | — | — | #1,838 |
| 1932 | 14 | — | — | #2,012 |
| 1931 | 23 | — | — | #1,461 |
| 1930 | 19 | — | — | #1,704 |
| 1929 | 16 | — | — | #1,942 |
| 1928 | 16 | — | — | #1,975 |
| 1927 | 16 | — | — | #2,058 |
| 1926 | 13 | — | — | #2,320 |
| 1925 | 17 | — | — | #1,944 |
| 1924 | 15 | — | — | #2,145 |
| 1923 | 15 | — | — | #2,138 |
| 1922 | 10 | — | — | #2,840 |
| 1921 | 9 | — | — | #3,019 |
| 1920 | 11 | — | — | #2,633 |
| 1919 | 9 | — | — | #2,911 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | — | #3,793 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | — | #3,274 |
| 1916 | 13 | — | — | #2,169 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | — | #3,914 |