Stephan Boy
How popular is Stephan?
#1,837 boy name in 2025
86 baby boys were named Stephan in the US in 2025, making it the 1837th most popular boy name.
Stephan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,837 for boys (▼ 128 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 86 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-48% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,139 in 2015, #1,225 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1989 (579 boys) |
| Highest rank | #312 in 1954 |
| First recorded | 1895 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Stephan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Stephen family of names ranked #285 for boys in 2025 (#271 the year before), with 1,217 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen | 829 | 68% |
| Stefan | 219 | 18% |
| Stephan | 86 | 7% |
| Stephon | 46 | 4% |
| Stefon | 16 | 1% |
| Stefen | 8 | 1% |
| Steffen | 5 | 0% |
| Steffan | 8 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Stephan is most popular
Babies named Stephan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (70 boys)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (32 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (66 boys)
Stephan by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 19 | #786 |
| 1900s | 21 | #1,129 |
| 1910s | 285 | #859 |
| 1920s | 216 | #1,267 |
| 1930s | 285 | #800 |
| 1940s | 1,931 | #349 |
| 1950s | 4,498 | #312 |
| 1960s | 4,275 | #339 |
| 1970s | 3,179 | #395 |
| 1980s | 4,324 | #347 |
| 1990s | 4,343 | #404 |
| 2000s | 2,040 | #717 |
| 2010s | 1,566 | #1,108 |
| 2020s | 699 | #1,225 |
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Questions
- Is Stephan a boy or girl name?
- Stephan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Stephan were boys.
- How popular is the name Stephan?
- 86 baby boys were named Stephan in the US in 2025, making it the 1837th most popular boy name.
- When was Stephan most popular?
- Stephan peaked in 1989, when 579 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #312 in 1954.
- How many people are named Stephan?
- 27,910 babies have been named Stephan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 23,323 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 43.
- Where is Stephan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Stephan was most common in Florida, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.