Stefen
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · boys
- 1989 · 41 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 886since 1961
Stefen over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Stefen has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #7,257 | 11 |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #7,587 | 10 |
| 2020 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #5,770 | 15 |
| 2017 | #4,935 | 19 |
| 2016 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | #4,407 | 22 |
| 2014 | #4,538 | 21 |
| 2013 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #4,602 | 18 |
| 2003 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #3,423 | 24 |
| 1999 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #4,019 | 17 |
| 1997 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | #3,406 | 20 |
| 1995 | #2,762 | 26 |
| 1994 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #2,865 | 24 |
| 1992 | #2,085 | 37 |
| 1991 | #1,895 | 41 |
| 1990 | #1,968 | 38 |
| 1989 | #1,831 | 41 |
| 1988 | #1,989 | 32 |
| 1987 | #1,864 | 34 |
| 1986 | #2,226 | 25 |
| 1985 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #2,529 | 19 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #3,108 | 14 |
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| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
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| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #2,751 | 14 |
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| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
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| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
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| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
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| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
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| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
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First appearance
1961
The first year at least five boys were named Stefen! It came in at #3,652, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1962, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Stefen is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Stefen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Stefen
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 843 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1961
- Peaked 1989 at #1,831 (41 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 48,803
- Highest: 1 in 48,803 boys born in 1989 were named Stefen (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 28.7% of all boys named Stefen (254) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30 | #3,318 (1963) | #3,730 |
| 1970s | 55 | #2,751 (1975) | #4,311 |
| 1980s | 197 | #1,831 (1989) | #2,961 |
| 1990s | 254 | #1,895 (1991) | #3,089 |
| 2000s | 126 | #3,423 (2000) | #5,912 |
| 2010s | 170 | #4,407 (2015) | #5,391 |
| 2020s | 54 | #7,257 (2024) | #8,314 |
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.
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