Stephan — #1719 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Stephan

The Social Security Administration has registered 27,585 babies named Stephan between 1895 and 2024, spanning 130 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stephan currently holds the #1719 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 579 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Stephan performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 4,497 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Stephan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,967 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Stephan in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Stephan 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 27,585 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.