Cephas
#5,024 most common boys' name of all time · #12,436 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1898–2025
Rank among boys
#5,024
Rank overall
#12,436 of 105,966
First appeared
1898
Years on the list
95 of 146
All-time
930
Since 2016
116
Peak year
1921 #1,623
Best rank
#1,117 1898
Girls
Boys
peak 23/yr
Cephas first appears in 1898. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,056 |
| 2024 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,349 |
| 2023 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,541 |
| 2021 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,715 |
| 2020 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,008 |
| 2019 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,133 |
| 2018 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,373 |
| 2017 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,716 |
| 2016 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,639 |
| 2015 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,696 |
| 2014 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,162 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,842 |
| 2011 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,031 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,744 |
| 2009 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,453 |
| 2008 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,739 |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,842 |
| 2005 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,171 |
| 2003 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,283 |
| 2000 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,423 |
| 1996 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,540 |
| 1993 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,275 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,180 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,297 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,835 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,625 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,053 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,699 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,552 |
| 1980 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,442 |
| 1977 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,654 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,689 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1974 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,619 |
| 1973 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,115 |
| 1972 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,037 |
| 1971 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,433 |
| 1969 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,022 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,068 |
| 1966 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,607 |
| 1963 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,400 |
| 1962 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1960 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 1959 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,352 |
| 1957 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,661 |
| 1956 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,302 |
| 1955 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,035 |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,532 |
| 1953 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,968 |
| 1952 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,949 |
| 1951 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,911 |
| 1950 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1949 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,388 |
| 1948 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,371 |
| 1947 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,737 |
| 1946 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,455 |
| 1945 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1944 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,197 |
| 1943 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,314 |
| 1942 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,993 |
| 1941 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,401 |
| 1940 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,239 |
| 1939 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,999 |
| 1938 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,272 |
| 1937 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,378 |
| 1936 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,250 |
| 1935 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,178 |
| 1934 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,983 |
| 1933 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,814 |
| 1932 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,141 |
| 1931 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 1930 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,229 |
| 1929 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,854 |
| 1928 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,002 |
| 1927 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,227 |
| 1926 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,238 |
| 1925 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,903 |
| 1924 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,933 |
| 1923 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,503 |
| 1922 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,918 |
| 1921 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,623 |
| 1920 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,849 |
| 1919 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,931 |
| 1918 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,116 |
| 1917 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,861 |
| 1916 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,815 |
| 1915 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,016 |
| 1914 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,723 |
| 1913 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,361 |
| 1912 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,379 |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,375 |
| 1900 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,288 |
| 1898 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,117 |