Ceferino — boys' name
126 babies named Ceferino in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Ceferino was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Ceferino in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ceferino
The Social Security Administration has registered 126 babies named Ceferino between 1924 and 2007, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ceferino currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ceferino performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ceferino shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ceferino in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ceferino in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 126 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ceferino at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ceferino popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1924
- Peak year (1981)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 84 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
126 total births across 84 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 12 births in a single year.
Ceferino by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 28 births that decade — 22% of Ceferino's all-time total
Ceferino decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Ceferino's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Ceferino by state
Where Ceferino concentrates geographically — total births since 1924
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 4.8% |
6 of 126 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1924–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.