Cephus
#4,782 most common boys' name of all time · #11,797 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1888–2007
Rank among boys
#4,782
Rank overall
#11,797 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
87 of 146
All-time
1,009
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1922 #1,349
Best rank
#913 1906
Girls
Boys
peak 30/yr
Cephus first appears in 1888. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,438 |
| 2001 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,601 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,481 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,207 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,982 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,149 |
| 1986 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,387 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,324 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,678 |
| 1981 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,553 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,342 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,450 |
| 1978 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,203 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,928 |
| 1976 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,065 |
| 1972 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1971 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,416 |
| 1970 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,770 |
| 1969 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,711 |
| 1968 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,229 |
| 1967 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,286 |
| 1966 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,508 |
| 1965 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,649 |
| 1964 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,577 |
| 1963 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,138 |
| 1962 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 1961 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,263 |
| 1960 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,576 |
| 1959 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,055 |
| 1958 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,197 |
| 1957 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 1956 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,966 |
| 1955 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1954 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,361 |
| 1953 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,212 |
| 1952 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 1951 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,004 |
| 1950 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,587 |
| 1949 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,973 |
| 1948 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 1947 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,870 |
| 1946 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,840 |
| 1945 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,049 |
| 1944 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,836 |
| 1943 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,800 |
| 1942 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,074 |
| 1941 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,257 |
| 1940 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,651 |
| 1939 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,487 |
| 1938 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,008 |
| 1937 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,597 |
| 1936 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,109 |
| 1935 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,788 |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,750 |
| 1933 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,594 |
| 1932 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,132 |
| 1931 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,149 |
| 1930 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,115 |
| 1929 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,244 |
| 1928 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,725 |
| 1927 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,145 |
| 1926 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,015 |
| 1925 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,797 |
| 1924 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,926 |
| 1923 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1922 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,349 |
| 1921 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,792 |
| 1920 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,004 |
| 1919 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,014 |
| 1918 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,945 |
| 1917 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,853 |
| 1916 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,804 |
| 1915 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,576 |
| 1914 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,018 |
| 1913 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,001 |
| 1912 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,573 |
| 1910 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,099 |
| 1909 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,569 |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,313 |
| 1906 | — | 9 | 9 | #913 |
| 1905 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,067 |
| 1904 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,158 |
| 1901 | — | 7 | 7 | #924 |
| 1900 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,130 |
| 1895 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,060 |
| 1888 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,016 |