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How popular is “Cephas” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cephas” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Cephas” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Cephas” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Cephas” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Cephas” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Cephas” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cephas” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1898 6 0.000015729 6 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1915 14 0.00000764 14 -100%
1916 17 0.000008788 17 -100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 -100%
1918 15 0.000006909 15 -100%
1919 17 0.000008056 17 -100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 -100%
1921 23 0.000009852 23 -100%
1922 18 0.000007863 18 -100%
1923 12 0.000005212 12 -100%
1924 18 0.000007558 18 -100%
1925 18 0.000007714 18 -100%
1926 14 0.000006098 14 -100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 -100%
1928 16 0.000007077 16 -100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 -100%
1930 13 0.000005847 13 -100%
1931 13 0.000006178 13 -100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 -100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 -100%
1934 14 0.000006741 14 -100%
1935 12 0.000005742 12 -100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 -100%
1937 10 0.000004693 10 -100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 -100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 -100%
1940 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1941 10 0.000004104 10 -100%
1942 14 0.000005125 14 -100%
1943 6 0.000002126 6 -100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 -100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 -100%
1946 10 0.00000313 10 -100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 -100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 -100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 -100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 -100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 -100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 -100%
1955 8 0.000001992 8 -100%
1956 13 0.000003153 13 -100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 -100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 -100%
1962 10 0.000002478 10 -100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 -100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 -100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 -100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 -100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 -100%
2003 9 0.000002367 9 -100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2009 13 0.000003403 13 -100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
2011 11 0.000003007 11 -100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 -100%
2014 9 0.000002428 9 -100%
2015 12 0.000003242 12 -100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 -100%
2017 12 0.000003356 12 -100%
2018 13 0.000003697 13 -100%
2019 14 0.000004033 14 -100%
2020 14 0.000004191 14 -100%
2021 12 0.000003542 12 -100%
2023 13 0.000003926 13 -100%
2024 9 0.000002704 9 -100%

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