Stephon Boy
How popular is Stephon?
#2,764 boy name in 2025
46 baby boys were named Stephon in the US in 2025, making it the 2764th most popular boy name.
Stephon popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,764 for boys (▼ 237 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 46 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-57% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,523 in 2015, #1,937 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1997 (406 boys) |
| Highest rank | #504 in 1997 |
| First recorded | 1955 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Stephon 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 Stephon is most popular
Babies named Stephon per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (38 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (14 boys)
Stephon by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10 | #3,885 |
| 1960s | 718 | #671 |
| 1970s | 390 | #1,014 |
| 1980s | 1,283 | #641 |
| 1990s | 3,265 | #504 |
| 2000s | 1,716 | #723 |
| 2010s | 1,043 | #1,296 |
| 2020s | 383 | #1,902 |
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Questions
- Is Stephon a boy or girl name?
- Stephon is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Stephon were boys.
- How popular is the name Stephon?
- 46 baby boys were named Stephon in the US in 2025, making it the 2764th most popular boy name.
- When was Stephon most popular?
- Stephon peaked in 1997, when 406 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #504 in 1997.
- How many people are named Stephon?
- 8,822 babies have been named Stephon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,456 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 30.
- Where is Stephon most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Stephon was most common in Mississippi, 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.