Cephus
Cephus is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 865th, in 1906.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192230 births
- Best rank
- #865in 1906
- Since 1888
- 1,009people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,009 boys have been named Cephus in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1922, with 30 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 30 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1941, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Cephus | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | |
| 1890s | 6 | |
| 1900s | 47 | |
| 1910s | 128 | |
| 1920s | 173 | |
| 1930s | 123 | |
| 1940s | 144 | |
| 1950s | 143 | |
| 1960s | 112 | |
| 1970s | 59 | |
| 1980s | 42 | |
| 1990s | 16 | |
| 2000s | 10 |
In 1922, its biggest year
Cephus was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1922 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1922.
Names that rose and fell with Cephus
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Earliepeak 1922
- Rayfieldpeak 1949
- Bookerpeak 1916
- Hosiepeak 1923
- Buddiepeak 1925
- Aciepeak 1928
- Lenordpeak 1927
- Fentonpeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.