Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Steffen

#3,736 most common boys' name of all time · #9,109 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1948–2025

Rank among boys
#3,736
Rank overall
#9,109 of 105,966
First appeared
1948
Years on the list
74 of 146
All-time
1,505
Since 2016
81
Peak year
1991 #1,276
Best rank
#1,276 1991
Girls Boys peak 77/yr
1960198020002020

Steffen first appears in 1948. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 5 #12,241
2024 5 5 #12,594
2023 5 5 #12,521
2021 13 13 #6,404
2020 16 16 #5,511
2019 13 13 #6,479
2018 5 5 #12,423
2017 7 7 #9,856
2016 12 12 #6,798
2015 14 14 #6,054
2014 12 12 #6,720
2013 18 18 #5,024
2012 12 12 #6,708
2011 12 12 #6,661
2010 17 17 #5,303
2009 14 14 #6,163
2008 15 15 #5,835
2007 14 14 #5,977
2006 9 9 #8,126
2005 27 27 #3,551
2004 13 13 #5,881
2003 19 19 #4,313
2002 20 20 #4,087
2001 26 26 #3,344
2000 22 22 #3,669
1999 34 34 #2,575
1998 26 26 #3,040
1997 36 36 #2,330
1996 49 49 #1,858
1995 36 36 #2,223
1994 54 54 #1,674
1993 49 49 #1,756
1992 43 43 #1,904
1991 77 77 #1,276
1990 54 54 #1,557
1989 62 62 #1,396
1988 57 57 #1,387
1987 55 55 #1,359
1986 53 53 #1,354
1985 41 41 #1,586
1984 31 31 #1,823
1983 22 22 #2,311
1982 20 20 #2,480
1981 15 15 #2,970
1980 18 18 #2,680
1979 7 7 #5,056
1978 15 15 #2,882
1977 13 13 #3,125
1976 15 15 #2,783
1975 14 14 #2,842
1974 12 12 #3,048
1973 18 18 #2,276
1972 8 8 #3,819
1971 18 18 #2,255
1970 12 12 #2,851
1969 14 14 #2,385
1968 12 12 #2,546
1967 18 18 #1,897
1966 11 11 #2,604
1965 13 13 #2,354
1964 12 12 #2,529
1963 11 11 #2,649
1962 13 13 #2,353
1961 9 9 #3,064
1960 12 12 #2,521
1959 7 7 #3,548
1958 7 7 #3,509
1957 12 12 #2,489
1955 6 6 #3,835
1954 6 6 #3,768
1953 6 6 #3,739
1952 12 12 #2,369
1951 9 9 #2,838
1948 6 6 #3,661