How Many People Are Named Cephas?
people named Cephas are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 728,752 people in the US has this name
Based on 930 babies named Cephas in Social Security records from 1898 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
23 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "rock" in Aramaic. The apostle Simon was called Cephas by Jesus because he was to be the rock upon which the Christian church was to be built. In most versions of the New Testament Cephas is translated into Greek Πετρος (Petros) (in English Peter).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Cephas in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cephas alive today is about 37 years old, and 46% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 63 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cephas first appears in the records in 1898 and was given most often in 1921, to 23 babies. In 2025, 19 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1898 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cephas has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,025, in 1898. In 2025 it ranked #5,069.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,069 |
| Best rank | #1,025 (1898) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,095 in the 1920s |
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