Stevens — #12398 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Stevens

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,306 babies named Stevens between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stevens currently holds the #12398 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Stevens performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 206 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Stevens shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 151 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Stevens in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Stevens 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 1,306 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.