Stevenson

#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births

Peak · boys
1953 · 35 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,559
since 1912

Stevenson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Stevenson has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #1,261, 1953boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024#8,9878
2023#6,22014
2022#6,47913
2021#9,7147
2020#9,5547
2019#7,17311
2018#6,03614
2017#7,54610
2016#6,05314
2015#5,99914
2014#8,7818
2013#9,6557
2012#6,30613
2011#8,0799
2010#8,8038
2009#6,80212
2008#4,71420
2007#9,7887
2006#6,90411
2005#7,6409
2004#4,12921
2003#4,11420
2002#6,52210
2001#5,39013
2000#4,57316
1999#4,34116
1998#3,48621
1997#4,05916
1996#4,18515
1995#3,85416
1994#2,68527
1993#4,02015
1992#2,67026
1991#2,29531
1990#3,05820
1989#2,35928
1988#2,36725
1987#2,40023
1986#1,83733
1985#2,01928
1984#2,23223
1983#2,49319
1982#2,51819
1981#2,41820
1980#2,36721
1979#2,37920
1978#2,79915
1977#2,45818
1976#2,50817
1975#2,13421
1974#2,94612
1973#2,40516
1972#2,53414
1971#1,59730
1970#1,98920
1969#1,91419
1968#2,20014
1967#1,71121
1966#1,65022
1965#2,17814
1964#1,85019
1963#1,69522
1962#1,80520
1961#1,94818
1960#1,69223
1959#1,80620
1958#1,44629
1957#1,71522
1956#1,56825
1955#1,50326
1954#1,40829
1953#1,26135
1952#1,37830
1951#1,34430
1950#1,70119
1949#2,02214
1948#1,88116
1947#2,07614
1946#2,6908
1945#2,5748
1944#2,8627
1943#2,9647
1942#2,7128
1941
1940#2,8717
1939
1938#2,6468
1937#2,6808
1936#3,5495
1935#3,2526
1934
1933#3,6425
1932
1931#3,7635
1930
1929
1928
1927#4,2105
1926
1925#3,4087
1924#3,8676
1923
1922
1921#4,3225
1920#3,8156
1919
1918#4,1795
1917
1916#2,38911
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1912#2,5445
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Stevenson! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1912–1915, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Stevenson
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 3,021 spots since 2024 (#8,987#12,008)
  • 2,454 spots since 2020 (#9,554#12,008)
  • 6,009 spots since 2015 (#5,999#12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1953 at #1,261 (35 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 55,803
  • Highest: 1 in 55,803 boys born in 1986 were named Stevenson (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,261 in 1953, was only 1 in 56,351 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 17.0% of all boys named Stevenson (265) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s21#2,389 (1916)#3,037
1920s29#3,408 (1925)#3,924
1930s37#2,646 (1938)#3,255
1940s89#1,881 (1948)#2,517
1950s265#1,261 (1953)#1,513
1960s192#1,650 (1966)#1,864
1970s183#1,597 (1971)#2,375
1980s239#1,837 (1986)#2,301
1990s203#2,295 (1991)#3,465
2000s139#4,114 (2003)#6,058
2010s108#5,999 (2015)#7,443
2020s54#6,220 (2023)#8,827

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.

Stevenson in 1951

boys
#1,344
30 births · 1 in 62,761 boys

Top boys' names in 1951

  1. #1James87,256
  2. #2Robert86,353
  3. #3John81,569
  4. #4Michael72,807
  5. #5David64,788
  6. #6William62,781
  7. #7Richard54,541
  8. #8Thomas48,275
  9. #9Charles39,406
  10. #10Gary38,160
  11. #1,344Stevenson30
More about 1951

boys

1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 62,761 of them was named Stevenson, which outranked 68.4% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stevenson
  1. #1,332Price31
  2. #1,332Reinaldo31
  3. #1,332Valentino31
  4. #1,344Stevenson30
  5. #1,344Albin30
  6. #1,344Anselmo30
  7. #1,344Antoine30
  8. #1,373Abelardo29
  9. #1,373Antony29
  10. #1,373Audrey29

Tied with 28 names at #1,344; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 428Kimberly#1,139#711
  2. 372Cole#1,364#992
  3. 357Wayland#1,272#915
  4. 354Ricki#1,139#785
  5. 346Lou#1,289#943
Fallers
  1. 944Jory#960#1,904
  2. 502Samual#960#1,462
  3. 426Carlyle#918#1,344
  4. 319Shaun#899#1,218
  5. 318Tex#977#1,295

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

See the top 100 for 1951