first name
STEVE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 262,435 people named Steve, 78.4% reported their origin as White, 8.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.9% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Steve peaked in 1959, when 11,095 babies got the name.
At least 242,131 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.
Steve by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #117. The largest share of babies named Steve, 54.1%, 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 Steve is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Steve has been most common in New Mexico (1.7×), Wyoming (1.5×), and Montana (1.4×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.34×).
235,145 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 Steve
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Steve, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Steve ranks #18,488 of 156,621, with 1,478 people. See Steve as a last name
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