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.

Stephen

#37 most common boys' name of all time · #57 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#37
Rank overall
#57 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
867,669
Since 2016
10,552
Peak year
1952 #21
Best rank
#19 1949
Girls Boys peak 23,082/yr
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Stephen is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 829 829 #383
2024 870 870 #374
2023 898 898 #363
2022 919 919 #358
2021 958 958 #339
2020 1,024 1,024 #322
2019 1,095 1,095 #310
2018 1,246 1,246 #283
2017 1,334 1,334 #270
2016 1,379 1,379 #265
2015 1,497 1,497 #246
2014 1,452 1,452 #257
2013 1,452 1,452 #252
2012 1,568 1,568 #225
2011 1,579 1,579 #228
2010 1,820 1,820 #201
2009 1,920 1,920 #199
2008 2,092 2,092 #191
2007 6 2,376 2,382 #172
2006 2,552 2,552 #164
2005 9 2,745 2,754 #143
2004 10 2,851 2,861 #140
2003 6 3,142 3,148 #128
2002 10 3,349 3,359 #114
2001 3,738 3,738 #102
2000 8 4,137 4,145 #95
1999 14 4,543 4,557 #85
1998 7 5,013 5,020 #78
1997 14 5,414 5,428 #68
1996 18 6,008 6,026 #59
1995 19 6,556 6,575 #57
1994 17 7,481 7,498 #49
1993 14 8,369 8,383 #47
1992 42 9,308 9,350 #45
1991 39 10,525 10,564 #41
1990 36 11,943 11,979 #39
1989 60 11,736 11,796 #40
1988 67 11,607 11,674 #40
1987 75 11,550 11,625 #38
1986 84 11,877 11,961 #36
1985 97 12,210 12,307 #36
1984 75 12,096 12,171 #35
1983 79 11,564 11,643 #35
1982 71 10,627 10,698 #38
1981 63 10,302 10,365 #39
1980 67 10,062 10,129 #40
1979 63 9,903 9,966 #40
1978 83 9,854 9,937 #37
1977 61 9,635 9,696 #38
1976 65 9,727 9,792 #37
1975 70 9,732 9,802 #34
1974 51 10,101 10,152 #35
1973 70 9,955 10,025 #32
1972 50 11,037 11,087 #29
1971 73 13,102 13,175 #27
1970 66 14,758 14,824 #27
1969 61 15,090 15,151 #27
1968 63 14,761 14,824 #27
1967 71 15,087 15,158 #26
1966 54 14,742 14,796 #26
1965 34 14,648 14,682 #28
1964 39 14,968 15,007 #29
1963 40 14,992 15,032 #29
1962 30 15,616 15,646 #28
1961 35 16,069 16,104 #27
1960 50 16,267 16,317 #27
1959 28 16,504 16,532 #28
1958 47 17,962 18,009 #26
1957 39 19,726 19,765 #24
1956 35 21,204 21,239 #23
1955 34 22,155 22,189 #21
1954 25 21,878 21,903 #20
1953 37 21,807 21,844 #21
1952 27 23,055 23,082 #21
1951 48 22,474 22,522 #19
1950 31 20,511 20,542 #19
1949 36 20,488 20,524 #19
1948 31 17,061 17,092 #20
1947 20 15,328 15,348 #21
1946 35 11,832 11,867 #24
1945 24 8,641 8,665 #26
1944 19 7,793 7,812 #28
1943 19 7,932 7,951 #29
1942 23 7,503 7,526 #32
1941 18 5,811 5,829 #41
1940 13 4,423 4,436 #49
1939 8 3,176 3,184 #65
1938 8 2,726 2,734 #74
1937 8 2,133 2,141 #92
1936 7 1,862 1,869 #99
1935 6 1,650 1,656 #113
1934 1,424 1,424 #121
1933 10 1,321 1,331 #126
1932 11 1,389 1,400 #124
1931 6 1,334 1,340 #130
1930 16 1,257 1,273 #138
1929 9 1,357 1,366 #126
1928 10 1,335 1,345 #130
1927 8 1,446 1,454 #125
1926 7 1,335 1,342 #130
1925 9 1,482 1,491 #122
1924 7 1,635 1,642 #110
1923 5 1,605 1,610 #109
1922 11 1,722 1,733 #101
1921 8 1,868 1,876 #97
1920 1,771 1,771 #96
1919 9 1,693 1,702 #97
1918 10 1,843 1,853 #96
1917 5 1,892 1,897 #89
1916 1,877 1,877 #87
1915 9 1,850 1,859 #86
1914 6 1,486 1,492 #80
1913 6 1,097 1,103 #86
1912 6 928 934 #88
1911 486 486 #84
1910 350 350 #95
1909 314 314 #90
1908 280 280 #94
1907 273 273 #95
1906 207 207 #102
1905 246 246 #93
1904 178 178 #117
1903 200 200 #96
1902 210 210 #94
1901 158 158 #109
1900 181 181 #127
1899 178 178 #98
1898 195 195 #99
1897 194 194 #94
1896 164 164 #113
1895 179 179 #103
1894 174 174 #103
1893 175 175 #101
1892 178 178 #104
1891 140 140 #106
1890 156 156 #107
1889 164 164 #101
1888 187 187 #98
1887 165 165 #92
1886 181 181 #90
1885 158 158 #93
1884 165 165 #93
1883 140 140 #97
1882 201 201 #81
1881 147 147 #88
1880 176 176 #84