Stephen is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #766 for boy births in the United States, given to 829 babies. Stephen first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1952 (23,082 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 829 | #766 |
| 2024 | 870 | #748 |
| 2023 | 898 | #713 |
| 2022 | 919 | #710 |
| 2021 | 958 | #689 |
| 2020 | 1,024 | #644 |
| 2019 | 1,095 | #621 |
| 2018 | 1,246 | #558 |
| 2017 | 1,334 | #514 |
| 2016 | 1,379 | #504 |
| 2015 | 1,497 | #469 |
| 2014 | 1,452 | #492 |
| 2013 | 1,452 | #475 |
| 2012 | 1,568 | #433 |
| 2011 | 1,579 | #433 |
| 2010 | 1,820 | #376 |
| 2009 | 1,920 | #372 |
| 2008 | 2,092 | #350 |
| 2007 | 2,382 | #327 |
| 2006 | 2,552 | #304 |
| 2005 | 2,754 | #266 |
| 2004 | 2,861 | #257 |
| 2003 | 3,148 | #235 |
| 2002 | 3,359 | #213 |
| 2001 | 3,738 | #186 |
| 2000 | 4,145 | #169 |
| 1999 | 4,557 | #157 |
| 1998 | 5,020 | #141 |
| 1997 | 5,428 | #127 |
| 1996 | 6,026 | #113 |
| 1995 | 6,575 | #107 |
| 1994 | 7,498 | #91 |
| 1993 | 8,383 | #83 |
| 1992 | 9,350 | #79 |
| 1991 | 10,564 | #74 |
| 1990 | 11,979 | #65 |
| 1989 | 11,796 | #66 |
| 1988 | 11,674 | #66 |
| 1987 | 11,625 | #64 |
| 1986 | 11,961 | #61 |
| 1985 | 12,307 | #62 |
| 1984 | 12,171 | #61 |
| 1983 | 11,643 | #62 |
| 1982 | 10,698 | #68 |
| 1981 | 10,365 | #69 |
| 1980 | 10,129 | #69 |
| 1979 | 9,966 | #67 |
| 1978 | 9,937 | #61 |
| 1977 | 9,696 | #63 |
| 1976 | 9,792 | #59 |
| 1975 | 9,802 | #55 |
| 1974 | 10,152 | #54 |
| 1973 | 10,025 | #53 |
| 1972 | 11,087 | #52 |
| 1971 | 13,175 | #50 |
| 1970 | 14,824 | #47 |
| 1969 | 15,151 | #44 |
| 1968 | 14,824 | #45 |
| 1967 | 15,158 | #45 |
| 1966 | 14,796 | #48 |
| 1965 | 14,682 | #52 |
| 1964 | 15,007 | #54 |
| 1963 | 15,032 | #56 |
| 1962 | 15,646 | #54 |
| 1961 | 16,104 | #55 |
| 1960 | 16,317 | #54 |
| 1959 | 16,532 | #54 |
| 1958 | 18,009 | #50 |
| 1957 | 19,765 | #46 |
| 1956 | 21,239 | #41 |
| 1955 | 22,189 | #35 |
| 1954 | 21,903 | #37 |
| 1953 | 21,844 | #37 |
| 1952 | 23,082 | #35 |
| 1951 | 22,522 | #32 |
| 1950 | 20,542 | #33 |
| 1949 | 20,524 | #32 |
| 1948 | 17,092 | #38 |
| 1947 | 15,348 | #43 |
| 1946 | 11,867 | #49 |
| 1945 | 8,665 | #57 |
| 1944 | 7,812 | #66 |
| 1943 | 7,951 | #66 |
| 1942 | 7,526 | #72 |
| 1941 | 5,829 | #84 |
| 1940 | 4,436 | #102 |
| 1939 | 3,184 | #144 |
| 1938 | 2,734 | #173 |
| 1937 | 2,141 | #214 |
| 1936 | 1,869 | #226 |
| 1935 | 1,656 | #250 |
| 1934 | 1,424 | #268 |
| 1933 | 1,331 | #274 |
| 1932 | 1,400 | #272 |
| 1931 | 1,340 | #277 |
| 1930 | 1,273 | #301 |
| 1929 | 1,366 | #279 |
| 1928 | 1,345 | #292 |
| 1927 | 1,454 | #286 |
| 1926 | 1,342 | #296 |
| 1925 | 1,491 | #284 |
| 1924 | 1,642 | #270 |
| 1923 | 1,610 | #265 |
| 1922 | 1,733 | #245 |
| 1921 | 1,876 | #233 |
| 1920 | 1,771 | #237 |
| 1919 | 1,702 | #233 |
| 1918 | 1,853 | #221 |
| 1917 | 1,897 | #207 |
| 1916 | 1,877 | #205 |
| 1915 | 1,859 | #197 |
| 1914 | 1,492 | #188 |
| 1913 | 1,103 | #202 |
| 1912 | 934 | #211 |
| 1911 | 486 | #247 |
| 1910 | 350 | #287 |
| 1909 | 314 | #284 |
| 1908 | 280 | #296 |
| 1907 | 273 | #288 |
| 1906 | 207 | #321 |
| 1905 | 246 | #285 |
| 1904 | 178 | #350 |
| 1903 | 200 | #312 |
| 1902 | 210 | #300 |
| 1901 | 158 | #343 |
| 1900 | 181 | #367 |
| 1899 | 178 | #308 |
| 1898 | 195 | #308 |
| 1897 | 194 | #294 |
| 1896 | 164 | #330 |
| 1895 | 179 | #306 |
| 1894 | 174 | #306 |
| 1893 | 175 | #296 |
| 1892 | 178 | #294 |
| 1891 | 140 | #297 |
| 1890 | 156 | #295 |
| 1889 | 164 | #279 |
| 1888 | 187 | #256 |
| 1887 | 165 | #241 |
| 1886 | 181 | #229 |
| 1885 | 158 | #235 |
| 1884 | 165 | #228 |
| 1883 | 140 | #235 |
| 1882 | 201 | #192 |
| 1881 | 147 | #204 |
| 1880 | 176 | #191 |