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
Steven through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #425 among boys, with 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, the most in any year.
  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.