Stedman — boys' name

What the Data Says About Stedman

The Social Security Administration has registered 368 babies named Stedman between 1918 and 2017, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stedman currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 82 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Stedman performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 162 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Stedman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Stedman in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Stedman 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 368 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.