Stefan — #998 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Stefan

The Social Security Administration has registered 20,972 babies named Stefan between 1910 and 2024, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stefan currently holds the #998 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 719 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Stefan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 5,399 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Stefan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,353 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Stefan in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Stefan 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 20,972 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.