Boys' name · since 1989
Stiven
Stiven has 281 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,997 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,476 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 281
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
281 babies have been named Stiven since 1989, making it today's #4476 boys' name.
Stiven has 281 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4476 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #10,997 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,476 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 281 born since 1989
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stiven ranks #10,997 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,476 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 281 born since 1989, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,997 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,476 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 281
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
Stiven's 281 recorded births place it above 75.81% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Tennessee.
How Stiven compares
281 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Stiven's all-time total is 24% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Stiven | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 281 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 34 | 22,252 |
Stiven's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Stiven splits its recorded history at 2011: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Stiven popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Stiven by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (94 births, 33% of the file).
2020s was Stiven's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Stiven births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
- 2010s
2010s
85 births
- 2020s
2020s
94 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 94 births (33% of all-time use).
Stiven by state
Where Stiven concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 281 births nationwide.
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- Tennessee records the most Stivens (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Tennessee names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1989–2025 (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 Stiven 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.