Meaning not yet researched.
Stephan: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 86 in 2025. Its best rank was #314 in 1954.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #314 in 1954; #1,850 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Stephan in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,850 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1954, at #314.
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Stephan: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 86 boys in 2025. Peak: #314 in 1954 · most boys in one year: 579 (1989).
In 2025, 86 US boys were named Stephan, making it the 1,850th most common boys’ name of the year, down 131 places from #1,719 in 2024. That is 11 fewer than the 97 boys named Stephan in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #314, reached in 1954. The most boys given the name in a single year was 579, in 1989. For comparison, it was #1,140 in 2015 and #332 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Stephan in 123 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1895 with 5 babies. In all, 27,910 US babies have been given the name, 0.8% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 4,503 babies named Stephan.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,308 US boys were named Stephan; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 175. In 2025 that was about 1 in 19,861 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Stephan ranked highest in Indiana in 2025, at #931 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Steven (1,297,590 babies since 1880), Stephen (867,669 babies since 1880), Steve (242,131 babies since 1880) and Esteban (35,623 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Stephano, Stephanne and Stephiane are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Steve.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Stephano (542), Stephanne (92), Stephiane (21).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 47 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 6 | #931 | — |
| Florida | 12 | #1,116 | #717 |
| Texas | 11 | #1,637 | #1,242 |
| California | 10 | #1,669 | #1,046 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 86 | #1,850 |
| 2024 | — | — | 97 | #1,719 |
| 2023 | — | — | 115 | #1,536 |
| 2022 | — | — | 116 | #1,550 |
| 2021 | — | — | 132 | #1,394 |
| 2020 | — | — | 153 | #1,231 |
| 2019 | — | — | 149 | #1,264 |
| 2018 | — | — | 143 | #1,290 |
| 2017 | — | — | 142 | #1,284 |
| 2016 | — | — | 175 | #1,119 |
| 2015 | — | — | 166 | #1,140 |
| 2014 | — | — | 160 | #1,172 |
| 2013 | — | — | 161 | #1,134 |
| 2012 | — | — | 142 | #1,247 |
| 2011 | — | — | 166 | #1,114 |
| 2010 | — | — | 162 | #1,148 |
| 2009 | — | — | 164 | #1,130 |
| 2008 | — | — | 162 | #1,132 |
| 2007 | — | — | 192 | #1,011 |
| 2006 | — | — | 193 | #969 |
| 2005 | — | — | 200 | #901 |
| 2004 | — | — | 205 | #861 |
| 2003 | — | — | 216 | #808 |
| 2002 | — | — | 228 | #758 |
| 2001 | — | — | 238 | #733 |
| 2000 | — | — | 242 | #721 |
| 1999 | — | — | 295 | #619 |
| 1998 | — | — | 310 | #599 |
| 1997 | — | — | 401 | #511 |
| 1996 | — | — | 371 | #532 |
| 1995 | 8 | #10,403 | 467 | #470 |
| 1994 | — | — | 479 | #459 |
| 1993 | — | — | 425 | #493 |
| 1992 | 5 | #15,291 | 508 | #436 |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,937 | 517 | #431 |
| 1990 | 5 | #14,971 | 570 | #406 |
| 1989 | — | — | 579 | #382 |
| 1988 | 9 | #8,313 | 532 | #376 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,915 | 566 | #347 |
| 1986 | 8 | #8,418 | 476 | #386 |
| 1985 | 9 | #7,483 | 459 | #393 |
| 1984 | 8 | #8,062 | 401 | #412 |
| 1983 | 5 | #11,820 | 360 | #435 |
| 1982 | 5 | #12,073 | 345 | #459 |
| 1981 | 11 | #6,262 | 303 | #481 |
| 1980 | — | — | 303 | #485 |
| 1979 | — | — | 292 | #484 |
| 1978 | 5 | #11,240 | 294 | #475 |
| 1977 | — | — | 275 | #490 |
| 1976 | — | — | 286 | #463 |
| 1975 | 5 | #10,373 | 282 | #477 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,423 | 313 | #449 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,552 | 314 | #442 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,523 | 353 | #422 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,479 | 359 | #429 |
| 1970 | 11 | #5,019 | 411 | #395 |
| 1969 | 10 | #5,010 | 439 | #375 |
| 1968 | 7 | #6,168 | 383 | #400 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,580 | 393 | #381 |
| 1966 | 5 | #7,471 | 396 | #382 |
| 1965 | 6 | #6,436 | 405 | #388 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,670 | 444 | #375 |
| 1963 | 5 | #7,503 | 437 | #382 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,474 | 525 | #339 |
| 1961 | 6 | #6,474 | 435 | #379 |
| 1960 | — | — | 418 | #387 |
| 1959 | — | — | 382 | #407 |
| 1958 | — | — | 381 | #400 |
| 1957 | — | — | 464 | #350 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,777 | 472 | #342 |
| 1955 | — | — | 493 | #333 |
| 1954 | — | — | 525 | #314 |
| 1953 | — | — | 470 | #327 |
| 1952 | — | — | 455 | #327 |
| 1951 | — | — | 444 | #326 |
| 1950 | — | — | 412 | #332 |
| 1949 | — | — | 373 | #349 |
| 1948 | — | — | 309 | #389 |
| 1947 | — | — | 313 | #387 |
| 1946 | — | — | 208 | #441 |
| 1945 | — | — | 154 | #487 |
| 1944 | — | — | 137 | #521 |
| 1943 | — | — | 143 | #528 |
| 1942 | — | — | 139 | #520 |
| 1941 | — | — | 88 | #652 |
| 1940 | — | — | 67 | #756 |
| 1939 | — | — | 58 | #804 |
| 1938 | — | — | 45 | #948 |
| 1937 | — | — | 31 | #1,208 |
| 1936 | — | — | 23 | #1,414 |
| 1935 | — | — | 26 | #1,349 |
| 1934 | — | — | 17 | #1,779 |
| 1933 | — | — | 31 | #1,197 |
| 1932 | — | — | 25 | #1,421 |
| 1931 | — | — | 11 | #2,449 |
| 1930 | — | — | 18 | #1,811 |
| 1929 | — | — | 15 | #2,085 |
| 1928 | — | — | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1927 | — | — | 22 | #1,686 |
| 1926 | — | — | 21 | #1,708 |
| 1925 | — | — | 25 | #1,531 |
| 1924 | — | — | 12 | #2,618 |
| 1923 | — | — | 20 | #1,803 |
| 1922 | — | — | 24 | #1,584 |
| 1921 | — | — | 33 | #1,294 |
| 1920 | — | — | 26 | #1,498 |
| 1919 | — | — | 28 | #1,378 |
| 1918 | — | — | 37 | #1,150 |
| 1917 | — | — | 45 | #980 |
| 1916 | — | — | 35 | #1,114 |
| 1915 | — | — | 39 | #1,035 |
| 1914 | — | — | 32 | #1,000 |
| 1913 | — | — | 27 | #967 |
| 1912 | — | — | 20 | #1,053 |
| 1911 | — | — | 9 | #1,281 |
| 1910 | — | — | 13 | #922 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,357 |
| 1907 | — | — | 5 | #1,522 |
| 1906 | — | — | 5 | #1,397 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,289 |
| 1899 | — | — | 8 | #848 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,107 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,221 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).