Boys' name · since 1953
Stepen
Stepen has 57 recorded births since 1953 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,301 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 57
- born since 1953
- 1980s
- peak decade
57 boys have been named Stepen since 1953, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Stepen has 57 recorded births among boys since 1953, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 1989.
- #21,301 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 57 born since 1953
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stepen ranks #21,301 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 57 born since 1953, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,301 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 57
- born since 1953
- 1980s
- peak decade
Stepen's 57 recorded births place it above 53.13% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Stepen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Stepen's full recorded timeline at 1969, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1965, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Stepen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1989
- Peak year (1987)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Stepen by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (28 births, 49% of the file).
1980s was Stepen's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Stepen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s
1960s
22 births
- 1980s
1980s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 28 births (49% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Stepen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1953–1989 (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 Stepen 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.