How Many People Are Named Kedar?
An estimated 537 people in the United States have the first name Kedar. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 25 years old, and Kedar peaked in popularity in 1998 with 33 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kedar as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Kedar paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
537
About 1 in 638,276 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
25
years old
Peak Year
1998
33 births
Total Registered
549
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kedar
Kedar is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 549 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Kedar as a male name
Ranked #8,644 in 2024
9 male births in 2024
Peak: 1998 (33 births)
Kedar: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kedar span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 167 babies were registered. Kedar has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Kedar by Decade
How has Kedar tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Kedar by State
Kedar + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kedar as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kedar
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kedar: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kedar?
We estimate approximately 537 people named Kedar are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 638,276 Americans share this first name.
Is Kedar a common name?
Kedar is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 85.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 549 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kedar most popular?
Kedar reached peak popularity in 1998, when 33 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kedar is approximately 25 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kedar a male name?
Kedar is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kedar Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kedar Smith, Kedar Johnson, Kedar Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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