Stepen — boys' name
57 babies named Stepen in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Stepen was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Stepen in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Stepen
The Social Security Administration has registered 57 babies named Stepen between 1953 and 1989, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stepen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Stepen performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Stepen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Stepen 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 57 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.
Stepen at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Stepen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1953
- Peak year (1987)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
57 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 8 births in a single year.
Stepen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 28 births that decade — 49% of Stepen's all-time total
Stepen decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Stepen's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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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, 1953–1989 (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.