Cephas
- #5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
- Peak · boys
- 1898 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 930since 1898
Cephas over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Cephas has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,045 | 19 |
| 2024 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2020 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #6,104 | 14 |
| 2018 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #6,676 | 12 |
| 2014 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #6,436 | 13 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #1,958 | 13 |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #1,932 | 14 |
| 1933 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1931 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #1,870 | 18 |
| 1924 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1923 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | #1,883 | 18 |
| 1921 | #1,588 | 23 |
| 1920 | #1,820 | 19 |
| 1919 | #1,882 | 17 |
| 1918 | #2,073 | 15 |
| 1917 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | #1,771 | 17 |
| 1915 | #1,968 | 14 |
| 1914 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1898
The first year at least five boys were named Cephas! It came in at #1,002, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Cephas is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Cephas in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Cephas
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 935 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #5,045)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1898 at #1,002 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,448
- Highest: 1 in 20,448 boys born in 1898 were named Cephas (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 89,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 16.7% of all boys named Cephas (155) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #1,002 (1898) | #1,002 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,162 (1900) | #1,198 |
| 1910s | 100 | #1,771 (1916) | #2,088 |
| 1920s | 155 | #1,588 (1921) | #2,156 |
| 1930s | 108 | #1,932 (1934) | #2,379 |
| 1940s | 91 | #1,946 (1942) | #2,607 |
| 1950s | 82 | #2,263 (1956) | #2,961 |
| 1960s | 41 | #2,673 (1962) | #3,461 |
| 1970s | 55 | #3,370 (1971) | #4,492 |
| 1980s | 45 | #4,134 (1980) | #5,667 |
| 1990s | 24 | #6,128 (1992) | #6,284 |
| 2000s | 51 | #6,436 (2009) | #8,439 |
| 2010s | 94 | #6,104 (2019) | #7,669 |
| 2020s | 67 | #5,045 (2025) | #6,510 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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