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 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#215 · 1 in 1,069
- District of Columbia#234 · 1 in 996
- South Carolina#247 · 1 in 1,345
- New York#260 · 1 in 1,795
- Maryland#310 · 1 in 2,162
Best ever in a state: #75 in District of Columbia, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #215 | 14 | 1 in 1,069 |
| District of Columbia | #234 | 5 | 1 in 996 |
| South Carolina | #247 | 15 | 1 in 1,345 |
| New York | #260 | 64 | 1 in 1,795 |
| Maryland | #310 | 13 | 1 in 2,162 |
| North Carolina | #316 | 23 | 1 in 2,044 |
| Kentucky | #321 | 8 | 1 in 2,902 |
| Nevada | #343 | 5 | 1 in 2,137 |
| Tennessee | #363 | 12 | 1 in 2,889 |
| Pennsylvania | #374 | 19 | 1 in 3,473 |
| Connecticut | #383 | 5 | 1 in 3,692 |
| Michigan | #431 | 16 | 1 in 3,706 |
| Florida | #432 | 28 | 1 in 3,067 |
| Alabama | #440 | 7 | 1 in 3,512 |
| Ohio | #449 | 15 | 1 in 4,667 |
| Minnesota | #454 | 6 | 1 in 4,806 |
| Missouri | #483 | 7 | 1 in 4,915 |
| New Jersey | #492 | 10 | 1 in 4,809 |
| Illinois | #496 | 19 | 1 in 4,192 |
| Georgia | #502 | 13 | 1 in 3,860 |
| Louisiana | #509 | 8 | 1 in 3,359 |
| Virginia | #527 | 8 | 1 in 4,825 |
| Massachusetts | #534 | 5 | 1 in 7,256 |
| Wisconsin | #537 | 5 | 1 in 5,748 |
| Arizona | #641 | 5 | 1 in 6,870 |
| Indiana | #648 | 5 | 1 in 7,461 |
| Texas | #673 | 21 | 1 in 7,479 |
| California | #839 | 20 | 1 in 12,279 |
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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 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
boys
1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 4,643 of them was named Stephon, which outranked 95.3% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.