Steven

Where Steven comes from

Inherited from Middle English Stevene, Steven, from Anglo-Norman Estievne, Estievene, from Latin Stephanus, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown, wreath”), from στέφω (stéphō, “to put round, to surround”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Steven
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #425 among boys — 17 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1946
    Steven Spielberg born
    American filmmaker
  3. 1952
    Steven Seagal born
    American actor, martial artist, and film producer
  4. 1956
    Peak, #10
    38,413 babies named Steven — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #20.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Stephen.
Namesakes
  • Steven Spielberg · American filmmaker, born 1946
  • Steven Seagal · American actor, martial artist, and film producer, born 1952
  • Steven Weinberg · American theoretical physicist, 1933–2021
  • Steven Gerrard · English association football player and manager, born 1980
  • Steven Soderbergh · American filmmaker, born 1963

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.