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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |