Boys' name · since 1989
Estephen
30 babies named Estephen in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,807 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 30
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Estephen sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 30 recorded since 1989.
Estephen has 30 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 1996.
- #25,807 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 30 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Estephen ranks #25,807 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #25,807 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 30
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Estephen's 30 recorded births place it above 42.89% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Estephen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Estephen splits its recorded history at 1992: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Estephen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1996
- Peak year (1989)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Estephen by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (23 births, 77% of the file).
1990s was Estephen's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Estephen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 23 births (77% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Estephen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~7 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Estephen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.