Boys' name · since 1969
Stephe
Stephe has 16 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,053 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
16 boys have been named Stephe since 1969, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stephe has been recorded 16 times among boys since 1969, 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 1969 to 1987.
- #31,053 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 16 born since 1969
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stephe ranks #31,053 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1969, peaking in the 1980s.
- #31,053 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
Stephe's 16 recorded births place it above 31.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Stephe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Stephe's full recorded timeline at 1982, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1969, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Stephe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1987
- Peak year (1982)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Stephe by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
1980s was Stephe's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Stephe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Stephe: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1969–1987 (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 Stephe 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.