Stephon

Where Stephon comes from

Variant of Stephen.
— Wiktionary's entry for Stephon
Along the way
  1. 1955
    First appearance
    #3,886 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1977
    Stephon Marbury born
    American basketball player
  3. 1997
    Peak, #504
    406 babies named Stephon — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #849.
  5. 2004
    Stephon Castle born
    American basketball player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name, variant of Stephen.
Namesakes
  • Stephon Marbury · American basketball player, born 1977
  • Stephon Castle · American basketball player, born 2004
  • Stephon Gilmore · American football player, born 1990
  • Stephon Tuitt · American football player, born 1993
  • Stephon Williams · American ice hockey goaltender, born 1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.