Stefan is an established variant of Steven that peaked in 1991 and has grown less common since.
Stefan is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,023 for boy births in the United States (and #2,091 across all names), given to 219 babies. Stefan first appears in 1910 and peaked in 1991 (719 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 219 | 219 | — | #1,023 |
| 2024 | 226 | 226 | — | #996 |
| 2023 | 234 | 234 | — | #962 |
| 2022 | 239 | 239 | — | #951 |
| 2021 | 257 | 257 | — | #895 |
| 2020 | 257 | 257 | — | #881 |
| 2019 | 258 | 258 | — | #861 |
| 2018 | 249 | 249 | — | #881 |
| 2017 | 314 | 314 | — | #751 |
| 2016 | 264 | 264 | — | #854 |
| 2015 | 293 | 293 | — | #800 |
| 2014 | 260 | 260 | — | #855 |
| 2013 | 256 | 256 | — | #837 |
| 2012 | 218 | 218 | — | #935 |
| 2011 | 238 | 238 | — | #880 |
| 2010 | 240 | 240 | — | #876 |
| 2009 | 202 | 202 | — | #984 |
| 2008 | 194 | 194 | — | #1,007 |
| 2007 | 212 | 212 | — | #938 |
| 2006 | 223 | 223 | — | #887 |
| 2005 | 241 | 241 | — | #800 |
| 2004 | 227 | 227 | — | #797 |
| 2003 | 274 | 274 | — | #697 |
| 2002 | 283 | 283 | — | #662 |
| 2001 | 304 | 304 | — | #625 |
| 2000 | 360 | 360 | — | #571 |
| 1999 | 362 | 362 | — | #554 |
| 1998 | 390 | 390 | — | #530 |
| 1997 | 503 | — | — | #447 |
| 1996 | 454 | — | — | #480 |
| 1995 | 530 | — | — | #429 |
| 1994 | 588 | — | — | #396 |
| 1993 | 601 | — | — | #383 |
| 1992 | 614 | — | — | #376 |
| 1991 | 725 | — | #12,934 | #339 |
| 1990 | 638 | — | — | #366 |
| 1989 | 673 | — | #14,267 | #346 |
| 1988 | 607 | — | — | #346 |
| 1987 | 520 | — | #11,126 | #377 |
| 1986 | 498 | — | #9,423 | #375 |
| 1985 | 436 | — | #5,625 | #414 |
| 1984 | 339 | — | — | #454 |
| 1983 | 256 | — | — | #522 |
| 1982 | 255 | — | — | #536 |
| 1981 | 228 | — | — | #566 |
| 1980 | 235 | — | — | #562 |
| 1979 | 204 | — | — | #600 |
| 1978 | 219 | — | — | #567 |
| 1977 | 232 | — | #11,065 | #555 |
| 1976 | 208 | — | — | #561 |
| 1975 | 220 | — | — | #543 |
| 1974 | 220 | — | — | #542 |
| 1973 | 252 | — | — | #490 |
| 1972 | 257 | — | — | #490 |
| 1971 | 257 | — | — | #510 |
| 1970 | 323 | — | — | #455 |
| 1969 | 217 | — | — | #533 |
| 1968 | 165 | — | — | #593 |
| 1967 | 178 | — | — | #563 |
| 1966 | 141 | — | — | #625 |
| 1965 | 155 | — | — | #616 |
| 1964 | 137 | — | — | #662 |
| 1963 | 183 | — | — | #584 |
| 1962 | 178 | — | — | #585 |
| 1961 | 154 | — | — | #634 |
| 1960 | 134 | — | — | #679 |
| 1959 | 94 | — | — | #793 |
| 1958 | 57 | — | — | #1,015 |
| 1957 | 63 | — | — | #964 |
| 1956 | 86 | — | — | #807 |
| 1955 | 57 | — | — | #1,001 |
| 1954 | 62 | — | — | #945 |
| 1953 | 59 | — | — | #938 |
| 1952 | 60 | — | — | #925 |
| 1951 | 60 | — | — | #913 |
| 1950 | 53 | — | — | #956 |
| 1949 | 53 | — | — | #957 |
| 1948 | 40 | — | — | #1,143 |
| 1947 | 41 | — | — | #1,146 |
| 1946 | 23 | — | — | #1,502 |
| 1945 | 21 | — | — | #1,488 |
| 1944 | 28 | — | — | #1,281 |
| 1943 | 18 | — | — | #1,759 |
| 1942 | 22 | — | — | #1,529 |
| 1941 | 9 | — | — | #2,628 |
| 1940 | 7 | — | — | #3,100 |
| 1939 | 16 | — | — | #1,786 |
| 1938 | 15 | — | — | #1,889 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | — | #3,487 |
| 1936 | 12 | — | — | #2,165 |
| 1935 | 9 | — | — | #2,689 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | — | #3,634 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | — | #3,247 |
| 1931 | 7 | — | — | #3,364 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | — | #3,222 |
| 1928 | 6 | — | — | #4,097 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | — | #3,415 |
| 1926 | 14 | — | — | #2,288 |
| 1925 | 8 | — | — | #3,368 |
| 1924 | 12 | — | — | #2,617 |
| 1923 | 9 | — | — | #3,146 |
| 1922 | 8 | — | — | #3,498 |
| 1921 | 10 | — | — | #2,965 |
| 1920 | 20 | — | — | #1,813 |
| 1919 | 12 | — | — | #2,495 |
| 1918 | 22 | — | — | #1,644 |
| 1917 | 20 | — | — | #1,685 |
| 1916 | 13 | — | — | #2,245 |
| 1915 | 12 | — | — | #2,291 |
| 1914 | 8 | — | — | #2,620 |
| 1913 | 9 | — | — | #2,071 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | — | #2,241 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | — | #1,967 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | — | #1,406 |