Steffen — #12526 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Steffen

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,493 babies named Steffen between 1948 and 2024, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Steffen currently holds the #12526 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 77 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Steffen performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 458 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Steffen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 45 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Steffen in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Steffen 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 1,493 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.