Stephan
Stephan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 96 births. Its best rank was 314th, in 1954.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 960.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1989579 births
- Best rank
- #314in 1954
- Since 1895
- 27,585people given the name
The story in the numbers
27,585 boys have been named Stephan in the United States since 1895, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1989, with 579 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1976, and the 1950s alone account for 16%. It has spent 74 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Stephan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 19 | |
| 1900s | 21 | |
| 1910s | 285 | |
| 1920s | 216 | |
| 1930s | 285 | |
| 1940s | 1,931 | |
| 1950s | 4,497 | |
| 1960s | 4,273 | |
| 1970s | 3,177 | |
| 1980s | 4,324 | |
| 1990s | 4,343 | |
| 2000s | 2,038 | |
| 2010s | 1,566 | |
| 2020s | 610 |
In 1989, its biggest year
Stephan was the 382nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1989 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and David. See all of 1989.
Names that rose and fell with Stephan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Stevensonpeak 1953
- Terrancepeak 1988
- Michaelpeak 1957
- Renardpeak 1970
- Patrickpeak 1964
- Terrencepeak 1955
- Danielpeak 1985
- Kevanpeak 1986
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.