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Stephen Eloquent • Compassionate • Intellectual
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Stephen Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
99.66%
Male
0.34%
Female
Stephen is predominantly a boys name, with 0.34% of Stephens being girls, and 99.66% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 860870 males named Stephen, and 2932 females given the name
Popularity of Stephen by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Stephen in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
Stephen: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2025
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Stephen' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Stephen in the USA from 1880-2025. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Stephen's average ranking is 593.23, with it's highest ever rank being #. Stephen has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 70 times.
Stephen has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 863802 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Stephen gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1949, when it's usage went up by 118.73%. During this year, 20479 babies were named Stephen, which was 0.6035% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.622%, in this year alone more than 23000 boys were named Stephen.
Popular 'S' Names for Boys
| Name | 'S-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel | 1. | 31. | 10492 | 0.29% |
| Sebastian | 2. | 33. | 10249 | 0.283% |
| Sawyer | 3. | 157. | 4213 | 0.116% |
| Santiago | 4. | 180. | 3700 | 0.102% |
| Silas | 5. | 203. | 3385 | 0.094% |
| Steven | 6. | 296. | 2381 | 0.066% |
| Sean | 7. | 428. | 1657 | 0.046% |
| Simon | 8. | 453. | 1544 | 0.043% |
| Stephen | 9. | 498. | 1367 | 0.038% |
| Spencer | 10. | 503. | 1357 | 0.038% |
| Seth | 11. | 580. | 1147 | 0.032% |
| Shane | 12. | 630. | 1058 | 0.029% |
| Sergio | 13. | 640. | 1038 | 0.029% |
| Shawn | 14. | 705. | 939 | 0.026% |
| Solomon | 15. | 730. | 890 | 0.025% |
| Sullivan | 16. | 827. | 777 | 0.021% |
| Skyler | 17. | 836. | 762 | 0.021% |
| Sterling | 18. | 934. | 661 | 0.018% |
| Scott | 19. | 939. | 655 | 0.018% |
| Saul | 20. | 1083. | 555 | 0.015% |