Unisex name · since 1986
Stevey
Since 1986, U.S. Social Security records show 135 babies named Stevey, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,916 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Stevey is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 135 have been recorded since 1986.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stevey has been recorded 135 times among girls since 1986, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2023.
- #23,916 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 135 born since 1986
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stevey ranks #23,916 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 135 born since 1986, peaking in the 1990s.
- #23,916 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Stevey's 135 recorded births place it above 66.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Stevey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Stevey's full recorded timeline at 1995, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Stevey popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2023
- Peak year (2006)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2023.
135 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 12 births in a single year.
Stevey popularity over time - boys
23 total births recorded since 1963 (Stevey as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Stevey accounts for 15% of total recorded use across both genders.
Stevey by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (64 births, 47% of the file).
1990s was Stevey's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Stevey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
- 1990s
1990s
64 births
- 2000s
2000s
31 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 64 births (47% of all-time use).
Stevey decade highlights
- Peak decade 64 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Stevey's data
- Stevey's decade-level peak was the 1990s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Stevey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
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, 1986–2023 (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 Stevey 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.
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