Meaning not yet researched.
Steve: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 105 in 2025. Its best rank was #41 in 1959.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #41 in 1959; #1,617 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Steve in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,617 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1959, at #41.
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Steve: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 105 boys in 2025. Peak: #41 in 1959 · most boys in one year: 11,068 (1959).
In 2025, 105 US boys were named Steve, making it the 1,617th most common boys’ name of the year, up 80 places from #1,697 in 2024. That is 6 more than the 99 boys named Steve in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #41, reached in 1959. That year also had the most boys given the name: 11,068. For comparison, it was #940 in 2015 and #83 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Steve in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 52 babies with the name. In all, 242,131 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 65,819 babies named Steve.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,443 US boys were named Steve; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 205. In 2025 that was about 1 in 16,267 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Steve ranked highest in California in 2025, at #1,036 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), Esteban (35,623 babies since 1880) and Stephan (27,910 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Steave are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Stevie.
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: Steave (24).
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.
Steve is listed as a nickname for Stephan, Stephen, Steven.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 45 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 21 | #1,036 | #619 |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,071 | #733 |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,454 | — |
| Florida | 8 | #1,456 | #694 |
| New York | 5 | #2,005 | #939 |
| Texas | 8 | #2,054 | #811 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 105 | #1,617 |
| 2024 | — | — | 99 | #1,697 |
| 2023 | — | — | 114 | #1,545 |
| 2022 | — | — | 122 | #1,490 |
| 2021 | — | — | 135 | #1,370 |
| 2020 | — | — | 148 | #1,253 |
| 2019 | — | — | 159 | #1,207 |
| 2018 | — | — | 167 | #1,153 |
| 2017 | — | — | 189 | #1,057 |
| 2016 | — | — | 205 | #997 |
| 2015 | — | — | 224 | #940 |
| 2014 | — | — | 256 | #863 |
| 2013 | — | — | 242 | #875 |
| 2012 | — | — | 303 | #756 |
| 2011 | — | — | 324 | #708 |
| 2010 | — | — | 279 | #786 |
| 2009 | — | — | 415 | #611 |
| 2008 | — | — | 422 | #597 |
| 2007 | — | — | 448 | #576 |
| 2006 | — | — | 472 | #535 |
| 2005 | — | — | 475 | #519 |
| 2004 | — | — | 484 | #507 |
| 2003 | — | — | 563 | #446 |
| 2002 | — | — | 545 | #451 |
| 2001 | — | — | 624 | #401 |
| 2000 | — | — | 649 | #394 |
| 1999 | — | — | 660 | #390 |
| 1998 | 5 | #16,289 | 635 | #390 |
| 1997 | — | — | 627 | #386 |
| 1996 | — | — | 648 | #370 |
| 1995 | — | — | 754 | #334 |
| 1994 | — | — | 714 | #345 |
| 1993 | 6 | #13,226 | 831 | #319 |
| 1992 | 5 | #15,298 | 882 | #303 |
| 1991 | 9 | #9,261 | 896 | #290 |
| 1990 | 8 | #10,072 | 1,007 | #267 |
| 1989 | 8 | #9,573 | 997 | #255 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,156 | 949 | #248 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,669 | 1,004 | #233 |
| 1986 | 10 | #7,066 | 989 | #235 |
| 1985 | 9 | #7,486 | 990 | #234 |
| 1984 | 9 | #7,338 | 1,042 | #218 |
| 1983 | 6 | #10,111 | 1,063 | #215 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,863 | 1,024 | #229 |
| 1981 | 8 | #8,046 | 1,116 | #220 |
| 1980 | 11 | #6,269 | 1,218 | #201 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,635 | 1,254 | #193 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,330 | 1,236 | #193 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,492 | 1,270 | #182 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,328 | 1,407 | #167 |
| 1975 | 16 | #4,107 | 1,383 | #171 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,981 | 1,443 | #167 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,527 | 1,511 | #160 |
| 1972 | 15 | #4,060 | 1,845 | #143 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,284 | 2,373 | #131 |
| 1970 | 15 | #4,018 | 2,930 | #114 |
| 1969 | 13 | #4,154 | 3,062 | #98 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,961 | 3,408 | #89 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,822 | 3,909 | #79 |
| 1966 | 27 | #2,347 | 4,617 | #67 |
| 1965 | 11 | #4,169 | 5,685 | #55 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,224 | 7,092 | #51 |
| 1963 | 28 | #2,295 | 8,050 | #49 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,529 | 9,154 | #46 |
| 1961 | 26 | #2,406 | 9,997 | #45 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,716 | 10,645 | #43 |
| 1959 | 27 | #2,228 | 11,068 | #41 |
| 1958 | 30 | #2,064 | 10,079 | #44 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,863 | 8,910 | #44 |
| 1956 | 25 | #2,239 | 6,472 | #59 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,953 | 5,509 | #72 |
| 1954 | 17 | #2,774 | 5,062 | #76 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,195 | 4,539 | #84 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,788 | 4,313 | #85 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,681 | 4,053 | #86 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,893 | 4,207 | #83 |
| 1949 | 12 | #3,157 | 5,027 | #68 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,821 | 5,742 | #60 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,305 | 6,231 | #58 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,951 | 4,570 | #69 |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,104 | 3,384 | #79 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,929 | 2,836 | #89 |
| 1943 | 11 | #3,014 | 2,684 | #93 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,412 | 2,376 | #102 |
| 1941 | 5 | #5,003 | 1,881 | #112 |
| 1940 | 6 | #4,291 | 1,555 | #121 |
| 1939 | 6 | #4,193 | 1,208 | #139 |
| 1938 | — | — | 1,077 | #149 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,757 | 846 | #172 |
| 1936 | 6 | #4,118 | 741 | #178 |
| 1935 | — | — | 773 | #176 |
| 1934 | — | — | 771 | #176 |
| 1933 | — | — | 728 | #179 |
| 1932 | — | — | 780 | #177 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,455 | 786 | #173 |
| 1930 | 7 | #4,000 | 862 | #169 |
| 1929 | 7 | #4,002 | 887 | #162 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,489 | 925 | #162 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,529 | 1,027 | #154 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,521 | 1,052 | #151 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,379 | 1,145 | #144 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,964 | 1,219 | #139 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,904 | 1,255 | #133 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,688 | 1,269 | #130 |
| 1921 | 6 | #5,026 | 1,294 | #130 |
| 1920 | — | — | 1,281 | #127 |
| 1919 | 7 | #4,202 | 1,294 | #125 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,489 | 1,523 | #109 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,855 | 1,385 | #112 |
| 1916 | — | — | 1,399 | #108 |
| 1915 | — | — | 1,335 | #110 |
| 1914 | 5 | #4,122 | 998 | #112 |
| 1913 | — | — | 661 | #121 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,375 | 543 | #123 |
| 1911 | — | — | 255 | #133 |
| 1910 | — | — | 245 | #136 |
| 1909 | — | — | 187 | #141 |
| 1908 | — | — | 149 | #161 |
| 1907 | — | — | 157 | #148 |
| 1906 | — | — | 131 | #153 |
| 1905 | — | — | 126 | #161 |
| 1904 | — | — | 123 | #156 |
| 1903 | — | — | 127 | #147 |
| 1902 | — | — | 92 | #182 |
| 1901 | — | — | 76 | #194 |
| 1900 | — | — | 139 | #150 |
| 1899 | — | — | 78 | #182 |
| 1898 | — | — | 87 | #182 |
| 1897 | — | — | 79 | #193 |
| 1896 | — | — | 94 | #172 |
| 1895 | — | — | 71 | #204 |
| 1894 | — | — | 80 | #187 |
| 1893 | — | — | 73 | #198 |
| 1892 | — | — | 68 | #216 |
| 1891 | — | — | 56 | #213 |
| 1890 | — | — | 66 | #202 |
| 1889 | — | — | 64 | #204 |
| 1888 | — | — | 83 | #179 |
| 1887 | — | — | 54 | #215 |
| 1886 | — | — | 70 | #193 |
| 1885 | — | — | 60 | #205 |
| 1884 | — | — | 66 | #203 |
| 1883 | — | — | 62 | #191 |
| 1882 | — | — | 63 | #204 |
| 1881 | — | — | 44 | #232 |
| 1880 | — | — | 52 | #232 |
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).