Stephon

Last seen for girls in 1995 at #13,386 · #2,765 for boys in 2025, 46 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1997 · 406 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,808
since 1955

Stephon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Stephon has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #504, 1997boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,76546
2024—#2,52753
2023—#2,29061
2022—#2,15068
2021—#1,90380
2020—#1,93775
2019—#1,93876
2018—#1,67994
2017—#1,72590
2016—#1,501113
2015—#1,523108
2014—#1,551103
2013—#1,72585
2012—#1,355125
2011—#1,296132
2010—#1,415117
2009—#1,209149
2008—#1,192148
2007—#1,387118
2006—#1,038175
2005—#1,042160
2004—#909188
2003—#952172
2002—#906178
2001—#849189
2000—#724239
1999—#623292
1998—#587328
1997—#504406
1996—#545348
1995#13,3865#538355
1994—#530370
1993—#622274
1992—#664246
1991—#532361
1990—#591285
1989—#644241
1988#7,6919#660204
1987—#669187
1986—#733152
1985—#798124
1984—#840109
1983—#93689
1982—#1,03976
1981—#1,23655
1980—#1,39146
1979—#1,63335
1978—#1,53737
1977—#1,35645
1976—#1,67731
1975—#1,75328
1974—#1,69228
1973—#1,58630
1972—#1,01463
1971—#1,35239
1970—#1,11754
1969—#1,41432
1968—#1,10046
1967—#1,16541
1966—#1,14942
1965—#98656
1964—#79290
1963—#740109
1962—#671134
1961—#762102
1960—#92766
1959—#3,9885
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First appearance
1955

The first year at least five boys were named Stephon! It came in at #3,886, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1955–1959, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Stephon is popular in 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedALGeorgia: #565 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,021 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Stephon, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Georgia#565 · 1 in 9,021

Best ever in a state: #75 in District of Columbia, 1990.

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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 Stephon
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 238 spots since 2024 (#2,527 → #2,765)
  • 828 spots since 2020 (#1,937 → #2,765)
  • 1,242 spots since 2015 (#1,523 → #2,765)
  • Biggest jump: 3,061 spots in 1960 (#3,988 → #927)
  • Biggest drop: 194 spots in 1965 (#792 → #986)
Rise & fade · boys
42 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1955
  • Peaked 1997 at #504 (406 births)
  • Births halved by 2001, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1983–2004
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,643
  • Highest: 1 in 4,643 boys born in 1997 were named Stephon (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 37,132 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 37.1% of all boys named Stephon (3,265) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s10#3,886 (1955)#3,937
1960s718#671 (1962)#971
1970s390#1,014 (1972)#1,472
1980s1,283#644 (1989)#895
1990s3,265#504 (1997)#574
2000s1,716#724 (2000)#1,021
2010s1,043#1,296 (2011)#1,571
2020s383#1,903 (2021)#2,262

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.

Stephon in 1970

boys
#1,117
54 births · 1 in 34,412 boys

Top boys' names in 1970

  1. #1Michael85,266
  2. #2James61,735
  3. #3David61,728
  4. #4John58,491
  5. #5Robert57,177
  6. #6Christopher41,747
  7. #7William38,887
  8. #8Brian31,917
  9. #9Mark31,461
  10. #10Richard30,442
  11. #1,117Stephon54
More about 1970

boys

1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 34,412 of them was named Stephon, which outranked 79.4% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stephon
  1. #1,103Sharon55
  2. #1,103Trinidad55
  3. #1,103Von55
  4. #1,117Stephon54
  5. #1,117Chaim54
  6. #1,117Cortez54
  7. #1,117Elroy54
  8. #1,132Abelardo53
  9. #1,132Buford53
  10. #1,132Cynthia53

Tied with 14 names at #1,117; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,783Jermaine#4,404 → #621
  2. ↑ 1,000Dax#1,861 → #861
  3. ↑ 842Jeramy#1,810 → #968
  4. ↑ 639Branden#1,570 → #931
  5. ↑ 407Braden#1,396 → #989
Fallers
  1. ↓ 593Jemal#549 → #1,142
  2. ↓ 307Karen#885 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 307Merlin#885 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 302Dennie#920 → #1,222
  5. ↓ 276Luciano#931 → #1,207

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1970 →