Stephan
Last seen for girls in 1995 at #9,553 · #1,837 for boys in 2025, 86 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1954 · 525 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 27,681since 1895
Stephan over time
Rank among boys' names. Stephan 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 | — | #1,837 | 86 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,709 | 97 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,530 | 115 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,540 | 116 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,383 | 132 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,225 | 153 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,258 | 149 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,282 | 143 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,276 | 142 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,116 | 175 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,139 | 166 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,170 | 160 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,128 | 161 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,244 | 142 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,108 | 166 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,143 | 162 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,125 | 164 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,129 | 162 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,005 | 192 | |
| 2006 | — | #963 | 193 | |
| 2005 | — | #900 | 200 | |
| 2004 | — | #861 | 205 | |
| 2003 | — | #804 | 216 | |
| 2002 | — | #756 | 228 | |
| 2001 | — | #730 | 238 | |
| 2000 | — | #718 | 242 | |
| 1999 | — | #617 | 295 | |
| 1998 | — | #599 | 310 | |
| 1997 | — | #511 | 401 | |
| 1996 | — | #531 | 371 | |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #470 | 467 |
| 1994 | — | #459 | 479 | |
| 1993 | — | #493 | 425 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #436 | 508 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #431 | 517 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #405 | 570 |
| 1989 | — | #382 | 579 | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #376 | 532 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #347 | 566 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #386 | 476 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #392 | 459 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #412 | 401 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #434 | 360 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #458 | 345 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #479 | 303 |
| 1980 | — | #484 | 303 | |
| 1979 | — | #484 | 292 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #474 | 294 |
| 1977 | — | #490 | 275 | |
| 1976 | — | #463 | 286 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #476 | 282 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | #447 | 313 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 | #441 | 314 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 | #422 | 353 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #429 | 359 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | #395 | 411 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #374 | 439 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #400 | 383 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | #381 | 393 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #380 | 396 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #388 | 405 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #375 | 444 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #381 | 437 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #339 | 525 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #379 | 435 |
| 1960 | — | #387 | 418 | |
| 1959 | — | #406 | 382 | |
| 1958 | — | #399 | 381 | |
| 1957 | — | #350 | 464 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #342 | 472 |
| 1955 | — | #333 | 493 | |
| 1954 | — | #313 | 525 | |
| 1953 | — | #327 | 470 | |
| 1952 | — | #326 | 455 | |
| 1951 | — | #326 | 444 | |
| 1950 | — | #332 | 412 | |
| 1949 | — | #349 | 373 | |
| 1948 | — | #389 | 309 | |
| 1947 | — | #386 | 313 | |
| 1946 | — | #441 | 208 | |
| 1945 | — | #484 | 154 | |
| 1944 | — | #519 | 137 | |
| 1943 | — | #524 | 143 | |
| 1942 | — | #520 | 139 | |
| 1941 | — | #648 | 88 | |
| 1940 | — | #751 | 67 | |
| 1939 | — | #800 | 58 | |
| 1938 | — | #939 | 45 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,180 | 31 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,384 | 23 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,326 | 26 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,725 | 17 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,181 | 31 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,387 | 25 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,328 | 11 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,753 | 18 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,002 | 15 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,822 | 18 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,647 | 22 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,661 | 21 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,493 | 25 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,473 | 12 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,753 | 20 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,545 | 24 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,267 | 33 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,457 | 26 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,351 | 28 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,124 | 37 | |
| 1917 | — | #964 | 45 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,096 | 35 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,015 | 39 | |
| 1914 | — | #986 | 32 | |
| 1913 | — | #950 | 27 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,023 | 20 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #786 | 8 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Stephan! It came in at #1,079, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1897, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Stephan
- 128 spots since 2024 (#1,709 → #1,837)
- 612 spots since 2020 (#1,225 → #1,837)
- 698 spots since 2015 (#1,139 → #1,837)
- Biggest jump: 241 spots in 1938 (#1,180 → #939)
- Biggest drop: 331 spots in 1911 (#859 → #1,190)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1954 at #313 (525 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 46 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1938–2006
- Highest: 1 in 3,299 boys born in 1987 were named Stephan (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,861 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #313 in 1954, was only 1 in 3,883 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.2% of all boys named Stephan (4,498) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 19 | #786 (1899) | #956 |
| 1900s | 21 | #1,130 (1903) | #1,236 |
| 1910s | 285 | #859 (1910) | #1,056 |
| 1920s | 216 | #1,267 (1921) | #1,712 |
| 1930s | 285 | #800 (1939) | #1,400 |
| 1940s | 1,931 | #349 (1949) | #501 |
| 1950s | 4,498 | #313 (1954) | #345 |
| 1960s | 4,275 | #339 (1962) | #378 |
| 1970s | 3,179 | #395 (1970) | #452 |
| 1980s | 4,324 | #347 (1987) | #415 |
| 1990s | 4,343 | #405 (1990) | #495 |
| 2000s | 2,040 | #718 (2000) | #899 |
| 2010s | 1,566 | #1,108 (2011) | #1,186 |
| 2020s | 699 | #1,225 (2020) | #1,537 |
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.
Stephan in 1992
Top girls' names in 1992
Top boys' names in 1992
More about 1992
girls
1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 368,786 of them was named Stephan, which outranked 14.7% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,293 names at #13,317; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 3,932 of them was named Stephan, which outranked 95.6% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.