Steffan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Steffan

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,397 babies named Steffan between 1950 and 2023, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Steffan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 73 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Steffan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 456 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Steffan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 68 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Steffan in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Steffan 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 1,397 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.