Cephus

Boy · recorded 1888–2007

  • 2007last recorded
  • 1906best year

Most popular in 1906.

Last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Cephus.

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Its story

Popularity since 1888

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 87 recorded years as a table
Cephus, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188850
189551
190047
190166
190447
190553
190668
190839
190930
191051
191226
191318
191417
191524
191619
191718
191817
191916
192016
192118
192228
192313
192416
19259
192614
192713
192818
192912
193013
193113
193212
19339
19345
193515
193612
193718
193812
19398
194016
19419
19429
19436
194411
19459
194610
19479
194811
19498
195012
19518
19526
19537
19546
19557
19568
19574
19587
19597
19605
19617
19624
19637
19646
19655
19666
19674
19688
19696
19706
19715
19726
19765
19773
19785
19795
19803
19814
19823
19833
19864
19873
19892
19902
19923
19943
20013
20072

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Cephus isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2007
5
Rank in 2007
#12,367
How rare
1 in 415,082 boys
Since 1888
1,009

Cephus was last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1906, at 68 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Cephus doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.