Cephus is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Cephus is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2007. Cephus was first reported in SSA data in 1888 and peaked in 1922 (30 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | #12,675 |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | #10,831 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | #9,000 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | #7,559 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | #8,308 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | #8,077 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | #6,212 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | #5,422 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #6,383 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | #5,739 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | #4,570 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #6,393 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | #4,467 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | #4,213 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | #5,973 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | #4,063 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | #3,384 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | #3,407 |
| 1970 | 12 | — | #2,754 |
| 1969 | 11 | — | #2,710 |
| 1968 | 14 | — | #2,214 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | #3,286 |
| 1966 | 11 | — | #2,487 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | #2,642 |
| 1964 | 11 | — | #2,559 |
| 1963 | 15 | — | #2,123 |
| 1962 | 8 | — | #3,081 |
| 1961 | 14 | — | #2,251 |
| 1960 | 11 | — | #2,556 |
| 1959 | 16 | — | #2,047 |
| 1958 | 14 | — | #2,189 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | #3,053 |
| 1956 | 17 | — | #1,954 |
| 1955 | 15 | — | #2,060 |
| 1954 | 12 | — | #2,333 |
| 1953 | 13 | — | #2,200 |
| 1952 | 11 | — | #2,397 |
| 1951 | 15 | — | #1,986 |
| 1950 | 22 | — | #1,577 |
| 1949 | 15 | — | #1,954 |
| 1948 | 19 | — | #1,712 |
| 1947 | 17 | — | #1,860 |
| 1946 | 16 | — | #1,825 |
| 1945 | 12 | — | #2,019 |
| 1944 | 15 | — | #1,824 |
| 1943 | 8 | — | #2,762 |
| 1942 | 13 | — | #2,056 |
| 1941 | 11 | — | #2,225 |
| 1940 | 18 | — | #1,638 |
| 1939 | 9 | — | #2,480 |
| 1938 | 13 | — | #1,999 |
| 1937 | 19 | — | #1,586 |
| 1936 | 12 | — | #2,079 |
| 1935 | 16 | — | #1,769 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | #3,755 |
| 1933 | 9 | — | #2,577 |
| 1932 | 13 | — | #2,113 |
| 1931 | 13 | — | #2,116 |
| 1930 | 14 | — | #2,095 |
| 1929 | 13 | — | #2,224 |
| 1928 | 20 | — | #1,719 |
| 1927 | 15 | — | #2,129 |
| 1926 | 16 | — | #1,995 |
| 1925 | 10 | — | #2,781 |
| 1924 | 18 | — | #1,904 |
| 1923 | 14 | — | #2,247 |
| 1922 | 30 | — | #1,342 |
| 1921 | 20 | — | #1,776 |
| 1920 | 17 | — | #1,972 |
| 1919 | 16 | — | #1,988 |
| 1918 | 17 | — | #1,915 |
| 1917 | 17 | — | #1,829 |
| 1916 | 17 | — | #1,783 |
| 1915 | 20 | — | #1,565 |
| 1914 | 11 | — | #1,994 |
| 1913 | 9 | — | #1,967 |
| 1912 | 11 | — | #1,541 |
| 1910 | 10 | — | #1,056 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | #1,491 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | #1,240 |
| 1906 | 9 | — | #865 |
| 1905 | 7 | — | #1,017 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | #1,086 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | #870 |
| 1900 | 7 | — | #1,064 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | #999 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | #943 |