Boys' name · since 1949
Stepehen
26 babies named Stepehen in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,081 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1949
- 1980s
- peak decade
Stepehen sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 26 recorded since 1949.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stepehen has been recorded 26 times among boys since 1949, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 1986.
- #27,081 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 26 born since 1949
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stepehen ranks #27,081 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1949, peaking in the 1980s.
- #27,081 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1949
- 1980s
- peak decade
Stepehen's 26 recorded births place it above 40.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Stepehen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Stepehen's full recorded timeline at 1981, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1949 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Stepehen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1986
- Peak year (1949)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Stepehen by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (15 births, 58% of the file).
1980s was Stepehen's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Stepehen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
6 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 15 births (58% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Stepehen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1949)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1949–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Stepehen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.