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
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 406 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,808since 1955
Stephon over time
Rank among boys' names. Stephon has never cracked the top 500 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,765 | 46 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,527 | 53 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,290 | 61 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,150 | 68 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,903 | 80 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,937 | 75 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,938 | 76 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,679 | 94 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,725 | 90 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,501 | 113 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,523 | 108 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,551 | 103 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,725 | 85 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,355 | 125 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,296 | 132 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,415 | 117 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,209 | 149 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,192 | 148 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,387 | 118 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,038 | 175 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,042 | 160 | |
| 2004 | — | #909 | 188 | |
| 2003 | — | #952 | 172 | |
| 2002 | — | #906 | 178 | |
| 2001 | — | #849 | 189 | |
| 2000 | — | #724 | 239 | |
| 1999 | — | #623 | 292 | |
| 1998 | — | #587 | 328 | |
| 1997 | — | #504 | 406 | |
| 1996 | — | #545 | 348 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #538 | 355 |
| 1994 | — | #530 | 370 | |
| 1993 | — | #622 | 274 | |
| 1992 | — | #664 | 246 | |
| 1991 | — | #532 | 361 | |
| 1990 | — | #591 | 285 | |
| 1989 | — | #644 | 241 | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #660 | 204 |
| 1987 | — | #669 | 187 | |
| 1986 | — | #733 | 152 | |
| 1985 | — | #798 | 124 | |
| 1984 | — | #840 | 109 | |
| 1983 | — | #936 | 89 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,039 | 76 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,236 | 55 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,391 | 46 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,633 | 35 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,537 | 37 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,356 | 45 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,677 | 31 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,753 | 28 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,692 | 28 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,586 | 30 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,014 | 63 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,352 | 39 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,117 | 54 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,414 | 32 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,100 | 46 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,165 | 41 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,149 | 42 | |
| 1965 | — | #986 | 56 | |
| 1964 | — | #792 | 90 | |
| 1963 | — | #740 | 109 | |
| 1962 | — | #671 | 134 | |
| 1961 | — | #762 | 102 | |
| 1960 | — | #927 | 66 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
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| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
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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 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#226 · 1 in 1,186
- Maryland#271 · 1 in 2,358
- Kentucky#287 · 1 in 3,373
- Virginia#299 · 1 in 2,675
- Missouri#304 · 1 in 3,043
Best ever in a state: #75 in District of Columbia, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #226 | 7 | 1 in 1,186 |
| Maryland | #271 | 13 | 1 in 2,358 |
| Kentucky | #287 | 7 | 1 in 3,373 |
| Virginia | #299 | 15 | 1 in 2,675 |
| Missouri | #304 | 12 | 1 in 3,043 |
| South Carolina | #348 | 8 | 1 in 2,809 |
| North Carolina | #369 | 12 | 1 in 3,626 |
| New Jersey | #428 | 10 | 1 in 5,145 |
| Pennsylvania | #445 | 12 | 1 in 6,593 |
| Ohio | #522 | 9 | 1 in 8,546 |
| Illinois | #538 | 13 | 1 in 6,419 |
| New York | #580 | 17 | 1 in 7,629 |
| Florida | #617 | 11 | 1 in 7,679 |
| Texas | #1,108 | 7 | 1 in 20,587 |
| California | #1,299 | 9 | 1 in 28,026 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 1997 at #504 (406 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1983–2004
- 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%)
- 37.1% of all boys named Stephon (3,265) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10 | #3,886 (1955) | #3,937 |
| 1960s | 718 | #671 (1962) | #971 |
| 1970s | 390 | #1,014 (1972) | #1,472 |
| 1980s | 1,283 | #644 (1989) | #895 |
| 1990s | 3,265 | #504 (1997) | #574 |
| 2000s | 1,716 | #724 (2000) | #1,021 |
| 2010s | 1,043 | #1,296 (2011) | #1,571 |
| 2020s | 383 | #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 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 197,873 of them was named Stephon, which outranked 44.6% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,111Zarina10
- #7,111Zoua10
- #7,111Zoya10
- #7,691Stephon9
- #7,691Abeni9
- #7,691Abiola9
- #7,691Adonica9
- #8,391Aarin8
- #8,391Aarti8
- #8,391Abriel8
Tied with 699 names at #7,691; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 9,384 of them was named Stephon, which outranked 92.2% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).