Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Sedric isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sedric through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,505
- 1,505 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 46 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,568 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,568 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 46 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,116 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sedric’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sedric
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Sedric, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Cedrick
Cedrick is a variant of Cedric. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is kind and loved; of the spectacular bounty.”
>99% boys
Erik
“ever the ruler”
>99% boys
Derrick
“the ruler of the tribe”
>99% boys
Sacha
“helper and defender of mankind” · “helper and defender of people”
87% boys · 13% girls
Derick
“the ruler of the tribe”
>99% boys
Eugenio
“a wellborn man”
>99% boys
Adams
“man” · “of the earth”
>99% boys
Jamin
“the right hand of favor”
>99% boys