# Cephas (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cephas/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Aramaic |
| Meaning | “stone”, “rock” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsi.fəs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 930 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 930 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cēphās, from Ancient Greek Κηφᾶς (Kēphâs), from Aramaic כֵּיפָא/Classical Syriac ܟܐܦܐ (kēp̄ā, “stone, rock”).

## What it means

Cephas is grouped under mountain.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 13 | 6,492 |
| 2010 | 7 | 9,866 |
| 2011 | 11 | 7,091 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,025 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,256 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6,742 |
| 2016 | 10 | 7,693 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6,758 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,409 |
| 2019 | 14 | 6,155 |
| 2020 | 14 | 6,030 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6,778 |
| 2023 | 13 | 6,607 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,437 |
| 2025 | 19 | 5,070 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Cefes
- Czech: Kéfas
- French: Céphas
- German: Kephas
- Italian: Cefa
- Japanese: シファス
- Latvian: Kēfas
- Polish: Kefas
- Portuguese: Cefas
- Romanian: Chifa
- Russian: Ки́фа

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.