first name
STEPHAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 24,256 people named Stephan, 67.1% reported their origin as White, 17.4% as Black and 8.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Stephan peaked in 1989, when 579 babies got the name.
At least 27,910 babies have been given the name since 1895. 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.
Stephan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #760. The largest share of babies named Stephan, 28.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Stephan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Stephan has been most common in New York (1.6×), Florida (1.6×), and Ohio (1.5×), and least common in Nebraska (0.19×).
22,732 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 Stephan
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Stephan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Stephan ranks #4,598 of 156,621, with 7,483 people. See Stephan as a last name
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