Steva — girls' name
34 babies named Steva in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
65% of everyone ever named Steva was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Steva in 1951 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Steva
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Steva between 1950 and 1994, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Steva currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Steva performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Steva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Steva 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 34 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.
Steva at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Steva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1950
- Peak year (1951)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
34 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1951 with 7 births in a single year.
Steva by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 22 births that decade — 65% of Steva's all-time total
Steva decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Steva's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
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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, 1950–1994 (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.