first name
STEPHEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 665,596 people named Stephen, 86.5% reported their origin as White, 5% as Black and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Stephen peaked in 1952, when 23,082 babies got the name.
At least 867,669 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Stephen by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #38. The largest share of babies named Stephen, 40.4%, 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 Stephen is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Stephen has been most common in Rhode Island (2.3×), Massachusetts (2.2×), and Maine (1.9×), and least common in North Dakota (0.42×).
858,443 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 Stephen
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Stephen, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Stephen ranks #3,699 of 156,621, with 9,333 people. See Stephen as a last name
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