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How popular is “Cephus” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cephus” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Cephus” 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 “Cephus” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Cephus” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cephus” 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
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 -100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 -100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 -100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 -100%
1906 9 0.000021006 9 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1910 10 0.000016929 10 -100%
1912 11 0.000011133 11 -100%
1913 9 0.000007915 9 -100%
1914 11 0.000007766 11 -100%
1915 20 0.000010914 20 -100%
1916 17 0.000008788 17 -100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 -100%
1918 17 0.00000783 17 -100%
1919 16 0.000007582 16 -100%
1920 17 0.000007513 17 -100%
1921 20 0.000008567 20 -100%
1922 30 0.000013105 30 -100%
1923 14 0.00000608 14 -100%
1924 18 0.000007558 18 -100%
1925 10 0.000004286 10 -100%
1926 16 0.000006969 16 -100%
1927 15 0.000006467 15 -100%
1928 20 0.000008846 20 -100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 -100%
1930 14 0.000006297 14 -100%
1931 13 0.000006178 13 -100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 -100%
1933 9 0.000004501 9 -100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 -100%
1935 16 0.000007656 16 -100%
1936 12 0.000005776 12 -100%
1937 19 0.000008917 19 -100%
1938 13 0.000005876 13 -100%
1939 9 0.000004085 9 -100%
1940 18 0.000007817 18 -100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 -100%
1942 13 0.000004759 13 -100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 -100%
1944 15 0.000005576 15 -100%
1945 12 0.000004523 12 -100%
1946 16 0.000005007 16 -100%
1947 17 0.000004719 17 -100%
1948 19 0.000005503 19 -100%
1949 15 0.000004304 15 -100%
1950 22 0.00000628 22 -100%
1951 15 0.000004072 15 -100%
1952 11 0.000002896 11 -100%
1953 13 0.000003373 13 -100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 -100%
1955 15 0.000003736 15 -100%
1956 17 0.000004123 17 -100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 -100%
1958 14 0.000003387 14 -100%
1959 16 0.000003848 16 -100%
1960 11 0.000002648 11 -100%
1961 14 0.00000338 14 -100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 -100%
1963 15 0.00000379 15 -100%
1964 11 0.00000283 11 -100%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 -100%
1968 14 0.000004144 14 -100%
1969 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 -100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 -100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 -100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 -100%

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