Kedrick
Kedrick is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Kedrick Brown, American basketball player Kedrick Pickering, British Virgin Islands politician
Meaning & Origin of Kedrick
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kedrick is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Kedrick Brown, American basketball player Kedrick Pickering, British Virgin Islands politician
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The Story of Kedrick
Kedrick first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1927, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1978, when 71 Kedricks were born — ranking #1,034 that year. As of 2026, Kedrick ranks #6,639 for baby boys with 12 births, gradually falling (-9%). In total, more than 2K Kedricks have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
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About the name Kedrick
Kedrick is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1927 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Kedrick's peak popularity came in 1978 when it ranked #1,034. Use the chart and map above to compare Kedrick's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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