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.

Steve

#164 most common boys' name of all time · #337 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#164
Rank overall
#337 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
242,131
Since 2016
1,443
Peak year
1959 #41
Best rank
#41 1959
Girls Boys peak 11,095/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Steve 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 — 105 105 #1,609
2024 — 99 99 #1,686
2023 — 114 114 #1,539
2022 — 122 122 #1,479
2021 — 135 135 #1,365
2020 — 148 148 #1,251
2019 — 159 159 #1,202
2018 — 167 167 #1,151
2017 — 189 189 #1,056
2016 — 205 205 #995
2015 — 224 224 #939
2014 — 256 256 #863
2013 — 242 242 #872
2012 — 303 303 #754
2011 — 324 324 #708
2010 — 279 279 #785
2009 — 415 415 #611
2008 — 422 422 #596
2007 — 448 448 #574
2006 — 472 472 #535
2005 — 475 475 #518
2004 — 484 484 #506
2003 — 563 563 #443
2002 — 545 545 #451
2001 — 624 624 #401
2000 — 649 649 #393
1999 — 660 660 #390
1998 5 635 640 #390
1997 — 627 627 #386
1996 — 648 648 #369
1995 — 754 754 #334
1994 — 714 714 #345
1993 6 831 837 #319
1992 5 882 887 #303
1991 9 896 905 #290
1990 8 1,007 1,015 #267
1989 8 997 1,005 #255
1988 22 949 971 #248
1987 8 1,004 1,012 #233
1986 10 989 999 #235
1985 9 990 999 #234
1984 9 1,042 1,051 #218
1983 6 1,063 1,069 #215
1982 12 1,024 1,036 #229
1981 8 1,116 1,124 #220
1980 11 1,218 1,229 #201
1979 10 1,254 1,264 #193
1978 10 1,236 1,246 #193
1977 12 1,270 1,282 #182
1976 15 1,407 1,422 #167
1975 16 1,383 1,399 #171
1974 12 1,443 1,455 #167
1973 10 1,511 1,521 #160
1972 15 1,845 1,860 #143
1971 14 2,373 2,387 #131
1970 15 2,930 2,945 #114
1969 13 3,062 3,075 #98
1968 20 3,408 3,428 #89
1967 13 3,909 3,922 #79
1966 27 4,617 4,644 #67
1965 11 5,685 5,696 #55
1964 17 7,092 7,109 #51
1963 28 8,050 8,078 #49
1962 24 9,154 9,178 #46
1961 26 9,997 10,023 #45
1960 21 10,645 10,666 #43
1959 27 11,068 11,095 #41
1958 30 10,079 10,109 #44
1957 35 8,910 8,945 #44
1956 25 6,472 6,497 #59
1955 16 5,509 5,525 #72
1954 17 5,062 5,079 #76
1953 9 4,539 4,548 #84
1952 16 4,313 4,329 #85
1951 16 4,053 4,069 #86
1950 14 4,207 4,221 #83
1949 12 5,027 5,039 #68
1948 14 5,742 5,756 #60
1947 8 6,231 6,239 #58
1946 8 4,570 4,578 #69
1945 10 3,384 3,394 #79
1944 11 2,836 2,847 #89
1943 11 2,684 2,695 #93
1942 9 2,376 2,385 #102
1941 5 1,881 1,886 #112
1940 6 1,555 1,561 #121
1939 6 1,208 1,214 #139
1938 — 1,077 1,077 #149
1937 7 846 853 #172
1936 6 741 747 #178
1935 — 773 773 #176
1934 — 771 771 #176
1933 — 728 728 #179
1932 — 780 780 #177
1931 8 786 794 #173
1930 7 862 869 #169
1929 7 887 894 #162
1928 14 925 939 #162
1927 14 1,027 1,041 #154
1926 9 1,052 1,061 #151
1925 7 1,145 1,152 #144
1924 8 1,219 1,227 #139
1923 6 1,255 1,261 #133
1922 5 1,269 1,274 #130
1921 6 1,294 1,300 #130
1920 — 1,281 1,281 #127
1919 7 1,294 1,301 #125
1918 5 1,523 1,528 #109
1917 11 1,385 1,396 #112
1916 — 1,399 1,399 #108
1915 — 1,335 1,335 #110
1914 5 998 1,003 #112
1913 — 661 661 #121
1912 5 543 548 #123
1911 — 255 255 #133
1910 — 245 245 #136
1909 — 187 187 #141
1908 — 149 149 #161
1907 — 157 157 #148
1906 — 131 131 #153
1905 — 126 126 #162
1904 — 123 123 #156
1903 — 127 127 #147
1902 — 92 92 #182
1901 — 76 76 #194
1900 — 139 139 #150
1899 — 78 78 #182
1898 — 87 87 #182
1897 — 79 79 #193
1896 — 94 94 #172
1895 — 71 71 #205
1894 — 80 80 #187
1893 — 73 73 #198
1892 — 68 68 #214
1891 — 56 56 #212
1890 — 66 66 #202
1889 — 64 64 #203
1888 — 83 83 #179
1887 — 54 54 #213
1886 — 70 70 #193
1885 — 60 60 #205
1884 — 66 66 #202
1883 — 62 62 #191
1882 — 63 63 #204
1881 — 44 44 #231
1880 — 52 52 #232