first name
STEFAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 23,384 people named Stefan, 73.9% reported their origin as White, 10.5% as Black and 8.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Stefan peaked in 1991, when 725 babies got the name.
At least 21,237 babies have been given the name since 1910. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Stefan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #891. The largest share of babies named Stefan, 37.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Stefan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Stefan has been most common in Florida (2×), Washington (1.8×), and Colorado (1.7×), and least common in Mississippi (0.15×).
17,194 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Stefan
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Stefan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Stefan ranks #11,755 of 156,621, with 2,549 people. See Stefan as a last name
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