Cephas
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Aramaic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,044 for boys
Cephas is a boys' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “stone, rock”. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Cephas mean?
Aramaic
“stone, rock”
A male given name from Aramaic of biblical origin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Cephas a girl's or a boy's name?
Cephas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cephas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Cephas, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1898.
2025 had more boys named Cephas than any year since 1921.
Half of all the boys named Cephas in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cephas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,261 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,402 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,573 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 14 | #1,946 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 13 | #1,958 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,332 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,932 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1925 | 18 | #1,869 |
| 1924 | 18 | #1,894 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 18 | #1,883 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1920 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1919 | 17 | #1,881 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,072 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1915 | 14 | #1,967 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
Names like Cephas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thomas Charlie Ellis Charles Leo Henry Lewis Leon Francis Louis Otis Silas
More Aramaic names
Tommy Martha Barnaby Barney Tabitha Tomas Tadeo Tom Thaddeus Tomos Marta Tommie Tomi Saphira Tommaso Barnabas
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cephas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cephas, updated 20 October 2026.