Stefano — #2282 US boys' name
3,099 babies named Stefano in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 84% of names given to boys today.
24% of everyone ever named Stefano was born in this single decade.
90 babies were named Stefano in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Stefano
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,099 babies named Stefano between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stefano currently holds the #2282 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 90 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Stefano performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 734 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Stefano shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 601 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Stefano in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Stefano 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 3,099 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.
Stefano at a glance
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Current rank
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Stefano popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (1993)
- 90
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #2282 among boys.
3,099 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 90 births in a single year.
Stefano by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 734 births that decade — 24% of Stefano's all-time total
Stefano decade highlights
- Peak decade 734 births
- Runner-up 686 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Stefano's strongest decade
734 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Stefano by state
Where Stefano concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 601 | 19.4% |
| #2 | Florida | | 491 | 15.8% |
| #3 | California | | 303 | 9.8% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 113 | 3.6% |
| #5 | Texas | | 57 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 35 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 17 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 15 | 0.5% |
601 of 3,099 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 19.4% of nationwide
- Florida 15.8% of nationwide
- California 9.8% of nationwide
- New Jersey 3.6% of nationwide
- Texas 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 19.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Stefano appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1914–2024 (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.