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.

Steven

#21 most common boys' name of all time · #27 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#21
Rank overall
#27 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,297,590
Since 2016
17,094
Peak year
1956 #10
Best rank
#10 1955
Girls Boys peak 38,491/yr
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Steven 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 — 1,261 1,261 #271
2024 — 1,291 1,291 #268
2023 — 1,396 1,396 #251
2022 — 1,351 1,351 #256
2021 — 1,514 1,514 #235
2020 — 1,681 1,681 #222
2019 — 1,981 1,981 #199
2018 — 2,045 2,045 #198
2017 — 2,168 2,168 #182
2016 5 2,401 2,406 #167
2015 — 2,715 2,715 #153
2014 — 2,809 2,809 #144
2013 5 2,889 2,894 #134
2012 — 3,241 3,241 #112
2011 — 3,212 3,212 #124
2010 — 3,436 3,436 #116
2009 9 3,833 3,842 #106
2008 10 4,228 4,238 #104
2007 9 4,556 4,565 #97
2006 9 4,824 4,833 #90
2005 9 5,079 5,088 #83
2004 25 5,357 5,382 #78
2003 8 5,860 5,868 #70
2002 15 6,222 6,237 #68
2001 14 6,589 6,603 #63
2000 17 7,361 7,378 #54
1999 20 7,689 7,709 #47
1998 18 8,115 8,133 #46
1997 23 8,765 8,788 #40
1996 26 9,650 9,676 #38
1995 20 10,661 10,681 #37
1994 39 12,090 12,129 #34
1993 45 13,474 13,519 #31
1992 52 15,039 15,091 #29
1991 45 16,863 16,908 #27
1990 69 18,764 18,833 #25
1989 80 18,929 19,009 #22
1988 123 17,865 17,988 #24
1987 114 17,768 17,882 #25
1986 125 18,099 18,224 #25
1985 145 18,726 18,871 #24
1984 127 18,217 18,344 #23
1983 131 18,307 18,438 #23
1982 117 17,145 17,262 #26
1981 95 16,482 16,577 #28
1980 111 15,916 16,027 #28
1979 137 16,331 16,468 #27
1978 109 16,390 16,499 #24
1977 108 16,484 16,592 #23
1976 92 16,650 16,742 #20
1975 106 17,055 17,161 #18
1974 89 17,663 17,752 #19
1973 91 17,175 17,266 #20
1972 105 19,851 19,956 #19
1971 127 23,686 23,813 #16
1970 127 26,793 26,920 #15
1969 123 26,532 26,655 #14
1968 112 25,493 25,605 #15
1967 107 27,031 27,138 #14
1966 100 27,698 27,798 #13
1965 90 27,977 28,067 #14
1964 95 29,707 29,802 #12
1963 75 29,328 29,403 #14
1962 84 30,688 30,772 #12
1961 75 32,275 32,350 #10
1960 96 33,878 33,974 #10
1959 96 33,597 33,693 #10
1958 80 32,968 33,048 #10
1957 69 36,842 36,911 #10
1956 78 38,413 38,491 #10
1955 44 37,847 37,891 #10
1954 54 36,628 36,682 #11
1953 62 33,721 33,783 #11
1952 49 32,037 32,086 #11
1951 39 28,363 28,402 #13
1950 40 23,250 23,290 #16
1949 31 19,923 19,954 #20
1948 20 15,979 15,999 #23
1947 19 13,528 13,547 #24
1946 22 8,878 8,900 #28
1945 12 5,974 5,986 #43
1944 10 5,113 5,123 #52
1943 14 4,267 4,281 #58
1942 11 3,505 3,516 #75
1941 8 2,468 2,476 #90
1940 — 1,569 1,569 #119
1939 — 1,130 1,130 #144
1938 — 772 772 #184
1937 — 534 534 #224
1936 — 443 443 #252
1935 — 409 409 #271
1934 — 322 322 #303
1933 — 296 296 #312
1932 — 325 325 #306
1931 — 292 292 #319
1930 — 311 311 #315
1929 — 296 296 #322
1928 — 350 350 #299
1927 — 336 336 #314
1926 — 348 348 #304
1925 — 398 398 #288
1924 — 321 321 #325
1923 — 347 347 #304
1922 — 395 395 #280
1921 — 430 430 #269
1920 — 418 418 #270
1919 — 381 381 #269
1918 — 378 378 #273
1917 — 385 385 #260
1916 — 367 367 #258
1915 — 298 298 #289
1914 — 254 254 #274
1913 — 177 177 #299
1912 — 151 151 #292
1911 — 74 74 #318
1910 — 66 66 #303
1909 — 55 55 #311
1908 — 40 40 #362
1907 — 36 36 #377
1906 — 34 34 #361
1905 — 25 25 #438
1904 — 25 25 #421
1903 — 25 25 #396
1902 — 32 32 #352
1901 — 24 24 #391
1900 — 42 42 #334
1899 — 18 18 #449
1898 — 26 26 #391
1897 — 17 17 #483
1896 — 17 17 #507
1895 — 16 16 #510
1894 — 13 13 #575
1893 — 20 20 #411
1892 — 21 21 #417
1891 — 18 18 #420
1890 — 20 20 #409
1889 — 14 14 #507
1888 — 20 20 #422
1887 — 15 15 #448
1886 — 20 20 #402
1885 — 21 21 #395
1884 — 20 20 #410
1883 — 13 13 #504
1882 — 22 22 #385
1881 — 15 15 #449
1880 — 17 17 #441