Stefan
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #11,509 · #1,021 for boys in 2025, 219 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1991 · 719 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 21,195since 1910
Stefan over time
Rank among boys' names. Stefan has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,021 | 219 | |
| 2024 | — | #993 | 226 | |
| 2023 | — | #961 | 234 | |
| 2022 | — | #950 | 239 | |
| 2021 | — | #893 | 257 | |
| 2020 | — | #879 | 257 | |
| 2019 | — | #859 | 258 | |
| 2018 | — | #876 | 249 | |
| 2017 | — | #750 | 314 | |
| 2016 | — | #849 | 264 | |
| 2015 | — | #796 | 293 | |
| 2014 | — | #853 | 260 | |
| 2013 | — | #835 | 256 | |
| 2012 | — | #933 | 218 | |
| 2011 | — | #877 | 238 | |
| 2010 | — | #874 | 240 | |
| 2009 | — | #982 | 202 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,005 | 194 | |
| 2007 | — | #934 | 212 | |
| 2006 | — | #885 | 223 | |
| 2005 | — | #799 | 241 | |
| 2004 | — | #795 | 227 | |
| 2003 | — | #696 | 274 | |
| 2002 | — | #661 | 283 | |
| 2001 | — | #625 | 304 | |
| 2000 | — | #571 | 360 | |
| 1999 | — | #554 | 362 | |
| 1998 | — | #530 | 390 | |
| 1997 | — | #446 | 503 | |
| 1996 | — | #480 | 454 | |
| 1995 | — | #429 | 530 | |
| 1994 | — | #395 | 588 | |
| 1993 | — | #382 | 601 | |
| 1992 | — | #376 | 614 | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #339 | 719 |
| 1990 | — | #366 | 638 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #345 | 668 |
| 1988 | — | #346 | 607 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #375 | 514 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #375 | 491 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #413 | 423 |
| 1984 | — | #454 | 339 | |
| 1983 | — | #522 | 256 | |
| 1982 | — | #534 | 255 | |
| 1981 | — | #566 | 228 | |
| 1980 | — | #562 | 235 | |
| 1979 | — | #599 | 204 | |
| 1978 | — | #567 | 219 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #552 | 227 |
| 1976 | — | #559 | 208 | |
| 1975 | — | #542 | 220 | |
| 1974 | — | #540 | 220 | |
| 1973 | — | #489 | 252 | |
| 1972 | — | #489 | 257 | |
| 1971 | — | #509 | 257 | |
| 1970 | — | #454 | 323 | |
| 1969 | — | #533 | 217 | |
| 1968 | — | #591 | 165 | |
| 1967 | — | #560 | 178 | |
| 1966 | — | #623 | 141 | |
| 1965 | — | #616 | 155 | |
| 1964 | — | #662 | 137 | |
| 1963 | — | #584 | 183 | |
| 1962 | — | #585 | 178 | |
| 1961 | — | #632 | 154 | |
| 1960 | — | #676 | 134 | |
| 1959 | — | #791 | 94 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,006 | 57 | |
| 1957 | — | #957 | 63 | |
| 1956 | — | #804 | 86 | |
| 1955 | — | #995 | 57 | |
| 1954 | — | #939 | 62 | |
| 1953 | — | #932 | 59 | |
| 1952 | — | #915 | 60 | |
| 1951 | — | #912 | 60 | |
| 1950 | — | #948 | 53 | |
| 1949 | — | #946 | 53 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,127 | 40 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,136 | 41 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,475 | 23 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,445 | 21 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,255 | 28 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,699 | 18 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,496 | 22 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,491 | 9 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,712 | 16 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,818 | 15 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,529 | 9 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,155 | 8 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,473 | 12 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,950 | 9 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,804 | 10 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,747 | 20 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,385 | 12 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,596 | 22 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,643 | 20 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,152 | 13 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,314 | 7 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Stefan! It came in at #1,314, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1930, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Stefan
- 28 spots since 2024 (#993 → #1,021)
- 142 spots since 2020 (#879 → #1,021)
- 225 spots since 2015 (#796 → #1,021)
- Biggest jump: 215 spots in 1959 (#1,006 → #791)
- Biggest drop: 153 spots in 1957 (#804 → #957)
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1991 at #339 (719 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1959–2007
- Highest: 1 in 2,810 boys born in 1991 were named Stefan (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,799 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 25.5% of all boys named Stefan (5,399) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 115 | #1,314 (1910) | #1,946 |
| 1920s | 103 | #1,747 (1920) | #2,840 |
| 1930s | 78 | #1,712 (1939) | #2,584 |
| 1940s | 262 | #946 (1949) | #1,594 |
| 1950s | 651 | #791 (1959) | #920 |
| 1960s | 1,642 | #533 (1969) | #606 |
| 1970s | 2,387 | #454 (1970) | #530 |
| 1980s | 4,016 | #345 (1989) | #449 |
| 1990s | 5,399 | #339 (1991) | #430 |
| 2000s | 2,520 | #571 (2000) | #795 |
| 2010s | 2,590 | #750 (2017) | #850 |
| 2020s | 1,432 | #879 (2020) | #950 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Stefan in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 306,629 of them was named Stefan, which outranked 14.8% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,677 names at #9,652; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 7,239 of them was named Stefan, which outranked 92.0% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).