Cephas was the #5,045 boys' name in the US in 2025 (19 babies).
Cephas as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#5,045 (19)
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2024
#8,312 (9)
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2023
#6,517 (13)
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2021
#6,698 (12)
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2020
#5,980 (14)
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2019
#6,104 (14)
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2018
#6,345 (13)
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2017
#6,685 (12)
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2016
#7,605 (10)
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2015
#6,676 (12)
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2014
#8,130 (9)
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2013
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#4,685 (3)
2012
#10,770 (6)
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2011
#7,009 (11)
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2010
#9,693 (7)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1898 at #1,002.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1898.
A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
How common is it?
about 1 in 91,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.