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.

Stephens

#8,362 most common boys' name of all time · #21,107 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1913–1992

Rank among boys
#8,362
Rank overall
#21,107 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
391
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1953 #1,663
Best rank
#1,663 1953
Girls Boys peak 22/yr
1920194019601980

Stephens first appears in 1913. 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
1992 — 8 8 #6,204
1991 — 5 5 #8,415
1990 — 5 5 #8,304
1989 — 5 5 #8,064
1988 — 7 7 #5,876
1985 — 5 5 #6,694
1984 — 6 6 #5,709
1982 — 7 7 #5,125
1981 — 10 10 #3,930
1980 — 5 5 #6,426
1979 — 5 5 #6,243
1978 — 5 5 #5,947
1977 — 7 7 #4,707
1976 — 5 5 #5,762
1975 — 7 7 #4,432
1973 — 5 5 #5,265
1972 — 5 5 #5,166
1970 — 9 9 #3,355
1968 — 5 5 #4,331
1967 — 10 10 #2,677
1966 — 6 6 #3,689
1965 — 5 5 #4,094
1964 — 13 13 #2,369
1963 — 6 6 #3,807
1962 — 8 8 #3,165
1960 — 9 9 #2,983
1959 — 6 6 #3,778
1958 — 11 11 #2,579
1956 — 8 8 #3,095
1955 — 10 10 #2,673
1954 — 14 14 #2,175
1953 — 22 22 #1,663
1952 — 8 8 #3,008
1951 — 11 11 #2,443
1950 — 8 8 #2,919
1949 — 11 11 #2,425
1948 — 10 10 #2,556
1947 — 7 7 #3,248
1946 — 7 7 #3,068
1945 — 7 7 #2,897
1942 — 6 6 #3,401
1938 — 5 5 #3,773
1931 — 6 6 #3,574
1930 — 5 5 #4,217
1927 — 6 6 #3,979
1926 — 5 5 #4,430
1925 — 5 5 #4,447
1922 — 6 6 #4,042
1921 — 7 7 #3,707
1920 — 7 7 #3,661
1918 — 9 9 #3,035
1917 — 6 6 #3,742
1913 — 5 5 #3,234