Boys' name · since 1922
Steave
Steave has 24 recorded births since 1922 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1961 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,658 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 1922
- 1960s
- peak decade
Steave is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 24 have been recorded since 1922.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Steave has been recorded 24 times among boys since 1922, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 1964.
- #27,658 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 24 born since 1922
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Steave ranks #27,658 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1922, peaking in the 1960s.
- #27,658 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 1922
- 1960s
- peak decade
Steave's 24 recorded births place it above 39.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Steave's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Steave splits its recorded history at 1961: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1964 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1961 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Steave popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1964
- Peak year (1961)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Steave by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (12 births, 50% of the file).
1960s was Steave's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Steave births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
6 births
- 1930s
1930s
6 births
- 1960s
1960s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 12 births (50% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Steave: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1922–1964 (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 Steave 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.