Stephone — #12559 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Stephone

The Social Security Administration has registered 723 babies named Stephone between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stephone currently holds the #12559 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Stephone performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 205 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Stephone shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Stephone in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Stephone 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 723 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.