Steven
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#271
recorded as boys
Down 3 since 2024
Babies in 2025
1,261
boys 1,261
Peak year
1955
37,847 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
1,297,590
since 1880
Born a Steven? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Steven was most popular in 1955, when 37,847 babies recorded as boys got the name (18.4 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,261 babies were named Steven, ranking #271 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 28%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 1,261 | 271 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 1,291 | 268 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 1,396 | 251 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 1,351 | 256 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 1,514 | 235 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 1,681 | 222 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 1,981 | 199 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 2,045 | 198 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 2,168 | 182 |
| 2016 | 5 | 16215 | 2,401 | 167 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 2,715 | 153 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 2,809 | 144 |
| 2013 | 5 | 16547 | 2,889 | 134 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 3,241 | 112 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 3,212 | 124 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 3,436 | 116 |
| 2009 | 9 | 11459 | 3,833 | 106 |
| 2008 | 10 | 10807 | 4,228 | 104 |
| 2007 | 9 | 11630 | 4,556 | 97 |
| 2006 | 9 | 11417 | 4,824 | 90 |
| 2005 | 9 | 10921 | 5,079 | 83 |
| 2004 | 25 | 5062 | 5,357 | 78 |
| 2003 | 8 | 11325 | 5,860 | 70 |
| 2002 | 15 | 7045 | 6,222 | 68 |
| 2001 | 14 | 7317 | 6,589 | 63 |
| 2000 | 17 | 6208 | 7,361 | 54 |
| 1999 | 20 | 5219 | 7,689 | 47 |
| 1998 | 18 | 5583 | 8,115 | 46 |
| 1997 | 23 | 4508 | 8,765 | 40 |
| 1996 | 26 | 4059 | 9,650 | 38 |
| 1995 | 20 | 4846 | 10,661 | 37 |
| 1994 | 39 | 2988 | 12,090 | 34 |
| 1993 | 45 | 2676 | 13,474 | 31 |
| 1992 | 52 | 2459 | 15,039 | 29 |
| 1991 | 45 | 2660 | 16,863 | 27 |
| 1990 | 69 | 1974 | 18,764 | 25 |
| 1989 | 80 | 1701 | 18,929 | 22 |
| 1988 | 123 | 1217 | 17,865 | 24 |
| 1987 | 114 | 1240 | 17,768 | 25 |
| 1986 | 125 | 1142 | 18,099 | 25 |
| 1985 | 145 | 1037 | 18,726 | 24 |
| 1984 | 127 | 1091 | 18,217 | 23 |
| 1983 | 131 | 1060 | 18,307 | 23 |
| 1982 | 117 | 1171 | 17,145 | 26 |
| 1981 | 95 | 1319 | 16,482 | 28 |
| 1980 | 111 | 1195 | 15,916 | 28 |
| 1979 | 137 | 1025 | 16,331 | 27 |
| 1978 | 109 | 1162 | 16,390 | 24 |
| 1977 | 108 | 1157 | 16,484 | 23 |
| 1976 | 92 | 1225 | 16,650 | 20 |
| 1975 | 106 | 1100 | 17,055 | 18 |
| 1974 | 89 | 1226 | 17,663 | 19 |
| 1973 | 91 | 1185 | 17,175 | 20 |
| 1972 | 105 | 1084 | 19,851 | 19 |
| 1971 | 127 | 988 | 23,686 | 16 |
| 1970 | 127 | 985 | 26,793 | 15 |
| 1969 | 123 | 965 | 26,532 | 14 |
| 1968 | 112 | 984 | 25,493 | 15 |
| 1967 | 107 | 984 | 27,031 | 14 |
| 1966 | 100 | 1042 | 27,698 | 13 |
| 1965 | 90 | 1109 | 27,977 | 14 |
| 1964 | 95 | 1125 | 29,707 | 12 |
| 1963 | 75 | 1271 | 29,328 | 14 |
| 1962 | 84 | 1203 | 30,688 | 12 |
| 1961 | 75 | 1279 | 32,275 | 10 |
| 1960 | 96 | 1097 | 33,878 | 10 |
| 1959 | 96 | 1087 | 33,597 | 10 |
| 1958 | 80 | 1189 | 32,968 | 10 |
| 1957 | 69 | 1262 | 36,842 | 10 |
| 1956 | 78 | 1176 | 38,413 | 10 |
| 1955 | 44 | 1537 | 37,847 | 10 |
| 1954 | 54 | 1367 | 36,628 | 11 |
| 1953 | 62 | 1225 | 33,721 | 11 |
| 1952 | 49 | 1386 | 32,037 | 11 |
| 1951 | 39 | 1505 | 28,363 | 13 |
| 1950 | 40 | 1452 | 23,250 | 16 |
| 1949 | 31 | 1697 | 19,923 | 20 |
| 1948 | 20 | 2188 | 15,979 | 23 |
| 1947 | 19 | 2279 | 13,528 | 24 |
| 1946 | 22 | 1970 | 8,878 | 28 |
| 1945 | 12 | 2598 | 5,974 | 43 |
| 1944 | 10 | 2946 | 5,113 | 52 |
| 1943 | 14 | 2447 | 4,267 | 58 |
| 1942 | 11 | 2817 | 3,505 | 75 |
| 1941 | 8 | 3252 | 2,468 | 90 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 1,569 | 119 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 1,130 | 144 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 772 | 184 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 534 | 224 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 443 | 250 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 409 | 270 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 322 | 303 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 296 | 312 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 325 | 306 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 292 | 318 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 311 | 315 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 296 | 321 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 350 | 299 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 336 | 314 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 348 | 304 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 398 | 288 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 321 | 325 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 347 | 304 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 395 | 280 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 430 | 269 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 418 | 269 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 381 | 269 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 378 | 273 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 385 | 260 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 367 | 258 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 298 | 289 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 254 | 274 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 177 | 299 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 151 | 290 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 74 | 314 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 66 | 302 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 55 | 311 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 40 | 360 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 36 | 375 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 34 | 355 |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 25 | 430 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 25 | 417 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 25 | 393 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 32 | 348 |
| 1901 | <5 | — | 24 | 383 |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 42 | 330 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 18 | 438 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 26 | 385 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 17 | 473 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 17 | 500 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 16 | 501 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 13 | 567 |
| 1893 | <5 | — | 20 | 401 |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 21 | 415 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 18 | 411 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 20 | 405 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 14 | 498 |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 20 | 416 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 15 | 438 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 20 | 397 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 21 | 388 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 20 | 399 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 13 | 497 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 22 | 377 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 15 | 442 |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 17 | 425 |
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Where Steven is most popular
- Maryland1.5×
- New Jersey1.4×
- Pennsylvania1.3×
- Mississippi1.3×
- New Mexico1.3×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls <1% · boys 100% across all years