Steven

Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215 · #271 for boys in 2025, 1,261 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#10
1956 · 38,413 births
Debut · boys
1880
17 births
In top 100 · boys
67 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,293,124
since 1880

Steven over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #10, 1956boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2711,261
2024—#2681,291
2023—#2511,396
2022—#2561,351
2021—#2351,514
2020—#2221,681
2019—#1991,981
2018—#1982,045
2017—#1822,168
2016#16,2155#1672,401
2015—#1532,715
2014—#1442,809
2013#16,5475#1342,889
2012—#1123,241
2011—#1243,212
2010—#1163,436
2009#11,4599#1063,833
2008#10,80710#1044,228
2007#11,6309#974,556
2006#11,4179#904,824
2005#10,9219#835,079
2004#5,06225#785,357
2003#11,3258#705,860
2002#7,04515#686,222
2001#7,31714#636,589
2000#6,20817#547,361
1999#5,21920#477,689
1998#5,58318#468,115
1997#4,50823#408,765
1996#4,05926#389,650
1995#4,84620#3710,661
1994#2,98839#3412,090
1993#2,67645#3113,474
1992#2,45952#2915,039
1991#2,66045#2716,863
1990#1,97469#2518,764
1989#1,70180#2218,929
1988#1,217123#2417,865
1987#1,240114#2517,768
1986#1,142125#2518,099
1985#1,037145#2418,726
1984#1,091127#2318,217
1983#1,060131#2318,307
1982#1,171117#2617,145
1981#1,31995#2816,482
1980#1,195111#2815,916
1979#1,025137#2716,331
1978#1,162109#2416,390
1977#1,157108#2316,484
1976#1,22592#2016,650
1975#1,100106#1817,055
1974#1,22689#1917,663
1973#1,18591#2017,175
1972#1,084105#1919,851
1971#988127#1623,686
1970#985127#1526,793
1969#965123#1426,532
1968#984112#1525,493
1967#984107#1427,031
1966#1,042100#1327,698
1965#1,10990#1427,977
1964#1,12595#1229,707
1963#1,27175#1429,328
1962#1,20384#1230,688
1961#1,27975#1032,275
1960#1,09796#1033,878
1959#1,08796#1033,597
1958#1,18980#1032,968
1957#1,26269#1036,842
1956#1,17678#1038,413
1955#1,53744#1037,847
1954#1,36754#1136,628
1953#1,22562#1133,721
1952#1,38649#1132,037
1951#1,50539#1328,363
1950#1,45240#1623,250
1949#1,69731#2019,923
1948#2,18820#2315,979
1947#2,27919#2413,528
1946#1,97022#288,878
1945#2,59812#435,974
1944#2,94610#525,113
1943#2,44714#584,267
1942#2,81711#753,505
1941#3,2528#902,468
1940—#1191,569
1939—#1441,130
1938—#184772
1937—#224534
1936—#250443
1935—#270409
1934—#303322
1933—#312296
1932—#306325
1931—#318292
1930—#315311
1929—#321296
1928—#299350
1927—#314336
1926—#304348
1925—#288398
1924—#325321
1923—#304347
1922—#280395
1921—#269430
1920—#269418
1919—#269381
1918—#273378
1917—#260385
1916—#258367
1915—#289298
1914—#274254
1913—#299177
1912—#290151
1911—#31474
1910—#30266
1909—#31155
1908—#36040
1907—#37536
1906—#35534
1905—#43025
1904—#41725
1903—#39325
1902—#34832
1901—#38324
1900—#33042
1899—#43818
1898—#38526
1897—#47317
1896—#50017
1895—#50116
1894—#56713
1893—#40120
1892—#41521
1891—#41118
1890—#40520
1889—#49814
1888—#41620
1887—#43815
1886—#39720
1885—#38821
1884—#39920
1883—#49713
1882—#37722
1881—#44215
1880—#42517
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Steven was already there! It came in at #425, and was given to 17 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 14 boys a year got the name.

See more about Steven
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#268 → #271)
  • 49 spots since 2020 (#222 → #271)
  • 118 spots since 2015 (#153 → #271)
  • Biggest jump: 108 spots in 1900 (#438 → #330)
  • Biggest drop: 166 spots in 1894 (#401 → #567)
Rise & fade · boys
76 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1956 at #10 (38,413 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: 7 yrs · run 1955–1961
  • Top 100: 67 yrs · run 1941–2007
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 54
  • Highest: 1 in 54 boys born in 1955 were named Steven (1.8%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,355 boys born in 2025 (0.07%)
  • Its best rank, #10 in 1956, was only 1 in 55 (1.8%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 25.8% of all boys named Steven (333,666) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s177#377 (1882)#428
1890s186#385 (1898)#450
1900s338#311 (1909)#370
1910s2,531#258 (1916)#283
1920s3,639#269 (1921)#297
1930s4,834#144 (1939)#263
1940s81,204#20 (1949)#53
1950s333,666#10 (1956)#11
1960s290,607#10 (1960)#13
1970s188,078#15 (1970)#20
1980s177,454#22 (1989)#25
1990s121,110#25 (1990)#35
2000s53,909#54 (2000)#81
2010s26,897#112 (2012)#153
2020s8,494#222 (2020)#251

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.

Steven in 1977

girls
#1,157
108 births · 1 in 14,196 girls
boys
#23
16,484 births · 1 in 100 boys

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #1,157Steven108

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #23Steven16,484
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 14,196 of them was named Steven, which outranked 89.8% 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).

Ranked beside Steven
  1. #1,153Kiana109
  2. #1,153Lesa109
  3. #1,153Nicola109
  4. #1,157Steven108
  5. #1,157Elsie108
  6. #1,157Luisa108
  7. #1,160Adina107
  8. #1,160Bonita107
  9. #1,160Corrina107

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,746Shawnte#2,486 → #740
  2. ↑ 1,077Jacklyn#2,060 → #983
  3. ↑ 775Talia#1,482 → #707
  4. ↑ 605Haley#1,047 → #442
  5. ↑ 576Raven#1,154 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,033Liberty#543 → #1,576
  2. ↓ 464Luciana#545 → #1,009
  3. ↓ 441Danyel#999 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 428Chaka#897 → #1,325
  5. ↓ 322Catina#861 → #1,183

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 100 of them was named Steven, which outranked 99.7% 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).

Ranked beside Steven
  1. #20Richard17,442
  2. #21Anthony16,804
  3. #22Thomas16,586
  4. #23Steven16,484
  5. #24Andrew16,017
  6. #25Mark15,418
  7. #26Charles14,743
Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,102Lavar#5,587 → #485
  2. ↑ 4,753Kinte#5,587 → #834
  3. ↑ 969Jedidiah#1,873 → #904
  4. ↑ 811Conor#1,748 → #937
  5. ↑ 704Amin#1,608 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Jerimy#963 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 322Demetrios#990 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 246Nakia#790 → #1,036
  4. ↓ 244Baron#977 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 235Hakim#878 → #1,113

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1977 →