Stephen — #377 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Stephen

The Social Security Administration has registered 863,904 babies named Stephen between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stephen currently holds the #377 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 23,054 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Stephen performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 207,276 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Stephen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 89,536 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Stephen in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Stephen 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 863,904 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.