Steven Boy
How popular is Steven?
#271 boy name in 2025
1,261 baby boys were named Steven in the US in 2025, making it the 271st most popular boy name.
Steven popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #271 for boys (▼ 3 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,261 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-54% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #153 in 2015, #222 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1956 (38,413 boys) |
| Highest rank | #10 in 1955 (7 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.9% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Steven counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Steven family of names ranked #275 for boys in 2025 (#269 the year before), with 1,273 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Steven | 1,261 | 99% |
| Stevan | 12 | 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 Steven is most popular
Babies named Steven per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maryland: 1.4 per 1,000 (163 boys)
- New Jersey: 1.3 per 1,000 (267 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 1.3 per 1,000 (352 boys)
- New Hampshire: 1.3 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- Massachusetts: 1.2 per 1,000 (159 boys)
Steven by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 177 | #377 |
| 1890s | 186 | #385 |
| 1900s | 338 | #311 |
| 1910s | 2,531 | #258 |
| 1920s | 3,639 | #269 |
| 1930s | 4,834 | #144 |
| 1940s | 81,204 | #20 |
| 1950s | 333,666 | #10 |
| 1960s | 290,607 | #10 |
| 1970s | 188,078 | #15 |
| 1980s | 177,454 | #22 |
| 1990s | 121,110 | #25 |
| 2000s | 53,909 | #54 |
| 2010s | 26,897 | #112 |
| 2020s | 8,494 | #222 |
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Questions
- Is Steven a boy or girl name?
- Steven is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Steven were boys.
- How popular is the name Steven?
- 1,261 baby boys were named Steven in the US in 2025, making it the 271st most popular boy name.
- When was Steven most popular?
- Steven peaked in 1956, when 38,413 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #10, held for 7 years starting in 1955.
- How many people are named Steven?
- 1,297,590 babies have been named Steven in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,062,824 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 56.
- Where is Steven most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Steven was most common in Maryland, at 1.4 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.