Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Sedrick 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 1933. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sedrick through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,511
- 3,511 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 129 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −42%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 10 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 129 in 1976. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,529 as a first name in 2020; 136 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sedrick’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sedrick
- Sedrick EllisAmerican football player (born 1985)
- Sedrick BarefieldFilipino-American basketball playerborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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If you love Sedrick, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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