Cephus
Last seen for boys in 2007 at #12,367
- Peak · boys
- 1906 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,009since 1888
Cephus over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Cephus has never cracked the top 800 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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #2,242 | 14 |
| 1960 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #2,033 | 16 |
| 1958 | #2,177 | 14 |
| 1957 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #1,972 | 15 |
| 1950 | #1,572 | 22 |
| 1949 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | #1,703 | 19 |
| 1947 | #1,850 | 17 |
| 1946 | #1,813 | 16 |
| 1945 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1939 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #1,576 | 19 |
| 1936 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1931 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #2,079 | 14 |
| 1929 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #1,707 | 20 |
| 1927 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1926 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1923 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | #1,333 | 30 |
| 1921 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1920 | #1,966 | 17 |
| 1919 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | #1,771 | 17 |
| 1915 | #1,553 | 20 |
| 1914 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #1,527 | 11 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1888
The first year at least five boys were named Cephus! It came in at #917, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1894, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Cephus
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
- Biggest jump: 192 spots in 1901 (#1,050 → #858)
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1906 at #852 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1907, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1888–1906
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,795
- Highest: 1 in 14,795 boys born in 1906 were named Cephus (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 415,083 boys born in 2007 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 17.1% of all boys named Cephus (173) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #917 (1888) | #917 |
| 1890s | 6 | #978 (1895) | #978 |
| 1900s | 47 | #852 (1906) | #1,069 |
| 1910s | 128 | #1,045 (1910) | #1,723 |
| 1920s | 173 | #1,333 (1922) | #1,995 |
| 1930s | 123 | #1,576 (1937) | #2,232 |
| 1940s | 144 | #1,627 (1940) | #1,973 |
| 1950s | 143 | #1,572 (1950) | #2,165 |
| 1960s | 112 | #2,115 (1963) | #2,567 |
| 1970s | 59 | #2,739 (1970) | #3,981 |
| 1980s | 42 | #4,509 (1981) | #5,992 |
| 1990s | 16 | #7,422 (1992) | #8,113 |
| 2000s | 10 | #10,556 (2001) | #11,462 |
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.
Cephus in 1888
boys
#917
6 births · 1 in 20,142 boys
Top boys' names in 1888
More about 1888
boys
120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 20,142 of them was named Cephus, which outranked 22.1% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).