Cephas is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #10651 for boy births in the United States, given to 19 babies. Cephas first appears in the data in 1898 and reached its peak in 1921 (23 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #10,651 |
| 2024 | 9 | #17,442 |
| 2023 | 13 | #13,757 |
| 2021 | 12 | #14,317 |
| 2020 | 14 | #12,831 |
| 2019 | 14 | #13,115 |
| 2018 | 13 | #13,819 |
| 2017 | 12 | #14,713 |
| 2016 | 10 | #16,716 |
| 2015 | 12 | #14,822 |
| 2014 | 9 | #18,042 |
| 2012 | 6 | #24,132 |
| 2011 | 11 | #15,960 |
| 2010 | 7 | #21,781 |
| 2009 | 13 | #14,695 |
| 2008 | 10 | #17,600 |
| 2007 | 7 | #22,299 |
| 2005 | 7 | #20,780 |
| 2003 | 9 | #16,764 |
| 2000 | 5 | #23,607 |
| 1996 | 8 | #15,102 |
| 1993 | 8 | #14,810 |
| 1992 | 8 | #14,643 |
| 1989 | 7 | #14,687 |
| 1986 | 5 | #16,214 |
| 1985 | 5 | #15,802 |
| 1984 | 7 | #12,180 |
| 1982 | 6 | #13,730 |
| 1981 | 6 | #13,490 |
| 1980 | 9 | #10,212 |
| 1979 | 6 | #13,270 |
| 1977 | 7 | #11,281 |
| 1976 | 5 | #13,749 |
| 1975 | 5 | #13,365 |
| 1974 | 9 | #8,709 |
| 1973 | 7 | #9,947 |
| 1972 | 7 | #9,761 |
| 1971 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 1969 | 6 | #9,729 |
| 1967 | 5 | #9,920 |
| 1966 | 6 | #8,642 |
| 1963 | 7 | #7,988 |
| 1962 | 10 | #6,490 |
| 1960 | 7 | #7,833 |
| 1959 | 8 | #7,058 |
| 1958 | 7 | #7,534 |
| 1957 | 6 | #8,210 |
| 1956 | 13 | #5,235 |
| 1955 | 8 | #6,815 |
| 1954 | 6 | #7,914 |
| 1953 | 8 | #6,593 |
| 1952 | 8 | #6,471 |
| 1951 | 8 | #6,374 |
| 1950 | 10 | #5,490 |
| 1949 | 6 | #7,382 |
| 1948 | 11 | #5,135 |
| 1947 | 9 | #5,937 |
| 1946 | 10 | #5,250 |
| 1945 | 8 | #5,535 |
| 1944 | 6 | #6,558 |
| 1943 | 6 | #6,800 |
| 1942 | 14 | #4,111 |
| 1941 | 10 | #4,849 |
| 1940 | 11 | #4,466 |
| 1939 | 13 | #3,992 |
| 1938 | 6 | #6,432 |
| 1937 | 10 | #4,685 |
| 1936 | 6 | #6,268 |
| 1935 | 12 | #4,273 |
| 1934 | 14 | #3,905 |
| 1933 | 8 | #5,402 |
| 1932 | 13 | #4,177 |
| 1931 | 13 | #4,128 |
| 1930 | 13 | #4,320 |
| 1929 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1928 | 16 | #3,903 |
| 1927 | 8 | #6,155 |
| 1926 | 14 | #4,365 |
| 1925 | 18 | #3,790 |
| 1924 | 18 | #3,839 |
| 1923 | 12 | #4,891 |
| 1922 | 18 | #3,827 |
| 1921 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1920 | 19 | #3,683 |
| 1919 | 17 | #3,792 |
| 1918 | 15 | #4,150 |
| 1917 | 17 | #3,700 |
| 1916 | 17 | #3,620 |
| 1915 | 14 | #3,951 |
| 1914 | 7 | #5,193 |
| 1913 | 7 | #4,548 |
| 1912 | 6 | #4,644 |
| 1905 | 5 | #3,184 |
| 1900 | 6 | #2,895 |
| 1898 | 6 | #2,592 |