Stefan
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #11,509 · #1,021 for boys in 2025, 219 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1991 · 719 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 21,195since 1910
Stefan over time
Rank among boys' names. Stefan has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,021 | 219 | |
| 2024 | — | #993 | 226 | |
| 2023 | — | #961 | 234 | |
| 2022 | — | #950 | 239 | |
| 2021 | — | #893 | 257 | |
| 2020 | — | #879 | 257 | |
| 2019 | — | #859 | 258 | |
| 2018 | — | #876 | 249 | |
| 2017 | — | #750 | 314 | |
| 2016 | — | #849 | 264 | |
| 2015 | — | #796 | 293 | |
| 2014 | — | #853 | 260 | |
| 2013 | — | #835 | 256 | |
| 2012 | — | #933 | 218 | |
| 2011 | — | #877 | 238 | |
| 2010 | — | #874 | 240 | |
| 2009 | — | #982 | 202 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,005 | 194 | |
| 2007 | — | #934 | 212 | |
| 2006 | — | #885 | 223 | |
| 2005 | — | #799 | 241 | |
| 2004 | — | #795 | 227 | |
| 2003 | — | #696 | 274 | |
| 2002 | — | #661 | 283 | |
| 2001 | — | #625 | 304 | |
| 2000 | — | #571 | 360 | |
| 1999 | — | #554 | 362 | |
| 1998 | — | #530 | 390 | |
| 1997 | — | #446 | 503 | |
| 1996 | — | #480 | 454 | |
| 1995 | — | #429 | 530 | |
| 1994 | — | #395 | 588 | |
| 1993 | — | #382 | 601 | |
| 1992 | — | #376 | 614 | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #339 | 719 |
| 1990 | — | #366 | 638 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #345 | 668 |
| 1988 | — | #346 | 607 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #375 | 514 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #375 | 491 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #413 | 423 |
| 1984 | — | #454 | 339 | |
| 1983 | — | #522 | 256 | |
| 1982 | — | #534 | 255 | |
| 1981 | — | #566 | 228 | |
| 1980 | — | #562 | 235 | |
| 1979 | — | #599 | 204 | |
| 1978 | — | #567 | 219 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #552 | 227 |
| 1976 | — | #559 | 208 | |
| 1975 | — | #542 | 220 | |
| 1974 | — | #540 | 220 | |
| 1973 | — | #489 | 252 | |
| 1972 | — | #489 | 257 | |
| 1971 | — | #509 | 257 | |
| 1970 | — | #454 | 323 | |
| 1969 | — | #533 | 217 | |
| 1968 | — | #591 | 165 | |
| 1967 | — | #560 | 178 | |
| 1966 | — | #623 | 141 | |
| 1965 | — | #616 | 155 | |
| 1964 | — | #662 | 137 | |
| 1963 | — | #584 | 183 | |
| 1962 | — | #585 | 178 | |
| 1961 | — | #632 | 154 | |
| 1960 | — | #676 | 134 | |
| 1959 | — | #791 | 94 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,006 | 57 | |
| 1957 | — | #957 | 63 | |
| 1956 | — | #804 | 86 | |
| 1955 | — | #995 | 57 | |
| 1954 | — | #939 | 62 | |
| 1953 | — | #932 | 59 | |
| 1952 | — | #915 | 60 | |
| 1951 | — | #912 | 60 | |
| 1950 | — | #948 | 53 | |
| 1949 | — | #946 | 53 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,127 | 40 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,136 | 41 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,475 | 23 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,445 | 21 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,255 | 28 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,699 | 18 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,496 | 22 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,491 | 9 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,712 | 16 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,818 | 15 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,529 | 9 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,155 | 8 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,473 | 12 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,950 | 9 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,804 | 10 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,747 | 20 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,385 | 12 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,596 | 22 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,643 | 20 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,152 | 13 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,314 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Stefan! It came in at #1,314, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1930, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Stefan is popular in 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#317 · 1 in 2,497
- Connecticut#333 · 1 in 3,037
- Kentucky#342 · 1 in 2,932
- Oregon#369 · 1 in 2,475
- Colorado#374 · 1 in 2,481
Best ever in a state: #117 in Vermont, 1971.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #317 | 19 | 1 in 2,497 |
| Connecticut | #333 | 6 | 1 in 3,037 |
| Kentucky | #342 | 8 | 1 in 2,932 |
| Oregon | #369 | 8 | 1 in 2,475 |
| Colorado | #374 | 11 | 1 in 2,481 |
| New York | #376 | 42 | 1 in 2,708 |
| Pennsylvania | #408 | 17 | 1 in 3,885 |
| Washington | #419 | 11 | 1 in 3,141 |
| Illinois | #427 | 24 | 1 in 3,325 |
| Florida | #450 | 26 | 1 in 3,340 |
| Wisconsin | #452 | 7 | 1 in 4,183 |
| Missouri | #458 | 8 | 1 in 4,268 |
| Maryland | #471 | 8 | 1 in 3,549 |
| Virginia | #488 | 10 | 1 in 3,984 |
| Massachusetts | #490 | 6 | 1 in 6,046 |
| Arizona | #525 | 8 | 1 in 4,523 |
| Minnesota | #539 | 5 | 1 in 5,814 |
| Tennessee | #541 | 7 | 1 in 5,166 |
| Ohio | #552 | 11 | 1 in 6,307 |
| Georgia | #565 | 12 | 1 in 4,484 |
| Indiana | #612 | 6 | 1 in 6,404 |
| California | #625 | 34 | 1 in 7,112 |
| Michigan | #633 | 9 | 1 in 6,539 |
| North Carolina | #660 | 8 | 1 in 6,152 |
| Texas | #960 | 13 | 1 in 12,665 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Stefan
- 28 spots since 2024 (#993 → #1,021)
- 142 spots since 2020 (#879 → #1,021)
- 225 spots since 2015 (#796 → #1,021)
- Biggest jump: 215 spots in 1959 (#1,006 → #791)
- Biggest drop: 153 spots in 1957 (#804 → #957)
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1991 at #339 (719 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1959–2007
- Highest: 1 in 2,810 boys born in 1991 were named Stefan (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,799 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 25.5% of all boys named Stefan (5,399) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 115 | #1,314 (1910) | #1,946 |
| 1920s | 103 | #1,747 (1920) | #2,840 |
| 1930s | 78 | #1,712 (1939) | #2,584 |
| 1940s | 262 | #946 (1949) | #1,594 |
| 1950s | 651 | #791 (1959) | #920 |
| 1960s | 1,642 | #533 (1969) | #606 |
| 1970s | 2,387 | #454 (1970) | #530 |
| 1980s | 4,016 | #345 (1989) | #449 |
| 1990s | 5,399 | #339 (1991) | #430 |
| 2000s | 2,520 | #571 (2000) | #795 |
| 2010s | 2,590 | #750 (2017) | #850 |
| 2020s | 1,432 | #879 (2020) | #950 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Stefan in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 5,304 of them was named Stefan, which outranked 95.2% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.