Stephano — #5992 US boys' name
531 babies named Stephano in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 58% of names given to boys today.
30% of everyone ever named Stephano was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Stephano in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Stephano
The Social Security Administration has registered 531 babies named Stephano between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stephano currently holds the #5992 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Stephano performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 160 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Stephano shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Stephano in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Stephano 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 531 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.
Stephano at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Stephano popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1982
- Peak year (2000)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
Currently ranks #5992 among boys.
531 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 22 births in a single year.
Stephano by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 160 births that decade — 30% of Stephano's all-time total
Stephano decade highlights
- Peak decade 160 births
- Runner-up 133 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Stephano's strongest decade
160 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Stephano by state
Where Stephano concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 40 | 7.5% |
40 of 531 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 7.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 7.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1982–2024 (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.