Stefen — #7307 US boys' name
878 babies named Stefen in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to boys today.
29% of everyone ever named Stefen was born in this single decade.
41 babies were named Stefen in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Stefen
The Social Security Administration has registered 878 babies named Stefen between 1961 and 2024, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stefen currently holds the #7307 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 41 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Stefen performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 254 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Stefen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Stefen in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Stefen 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 878 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.
Stefen at a glance
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Current rank
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Stefen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1961
- Peak year (1989)
- 41
- Annual births at peak — across 64 years of records
Currently ranks #7307 among boys.
878 total births across 64 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 41 births in a single year.
Stefen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 254 births that decade — 29% of Stefen's all-time total
Stefen decade highlights
- Peak decade 254 births
- Runner-up 197 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Stefen's strongest decade
254 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Stefen by state
Where Stefen concentrates geographically — total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 15 | 1.7% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 10 | 1.1% |
15 of 878 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.7% of nationwide
- California 1.1% of nationwide
- Texas 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1961–2024 (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.