Steve is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1959 and has since faded.
Steve is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,617 for boy births in the United States (and #3,436 across all names), given to 105 babies. Steve first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1959 (11,068 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 105 | 105 | — | #1,617 |
| 2024 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,697 |
| 2023 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,545 |
| 2022 | 122 | 122 | — | #1,490 |
| 2021 | 135 | 135 | — | #1,370 |
| 2020 | 148 | 148 | — | #1,253 |
| 2019 | 159 | 159 | — | #1,207 |
| 2018 | 167 | 167 | — | #1,153 |
| 2017 | 189 | 189 | — | #1,057 |
| 2016 | 205 | 205 | — | #997 |
| 2015 | 224 | 224 | — | #940 |
| 2014 | 256 | 256 | — | #863 |
| 2013 | 242 | 242 | — | #875 |
| 2012 | 303 | 303 | — | #756 |
| 2011 | 324 | 324 | — | #708 |
| 2010 | 279 | 279 | — | #786 |
| 2009 | 415 | 415 | — | #611 |
| 2008 | 422 | 422 | — | #597 |
| 2007 | 448 | 448 | — | #576 |
| 2006 | 472 | 472 | — | #535 |
| 2005 | 475 | 475 | — | #519 |
| 2004 | 484 | 489 | — | #507 |
| 2003 | 563 | 563 | — | #446 |
| 2002 | 545 | 550 | — | #451 |
| 2001 | 624 | 624 | — | #401 |
| 2000 | 649 | 662 | — | #394 |
| 1999 | 660 | 669 | — | #390 |
| 1998 | 640 | 650 | #16,289 | #390 |
| 1997 | 627 | — | — | #386 |
| 1996 | 648 | — | — | #370 |
| 1995 | 754 | — | — | #334 |
| 1994 | 714 | — | — | #345 |
| 1993 | 837 | — | #13,226 | #319 |
| 1992 | 887 | — | #15,298 | #303 |
| 1991 | 905 | — | #9,261 | #290 |
| 1990 | 1,015 | — | #10,072 | #267 |
| 1989 | 1,005 | — | #9,573 | #255 |
| 1988 | 971 | — | #4,156 | #248 |
| 1987 | 1,012 | — | #8,669 | #233 |
| 1986 | 999 | — | #7,066 | #235 |
| 1985 | 999 | — | #7,486 | #234 |
| 1984 | 1,051 | — | #7,338 | #218 |
| 1983 | 1,069 | — | #10,111 | #215 |
| 1982 | 1,036 | — | #5,863 | #229 |
| 1981 | 1,124 | — | #8,046 | #220 |
| 1980 | 1,229 | — | #6,269 | #201 |
| 1979 | 1,264 | — | #6,635 | #193 |
| 1978 | 1,246 | — | #6,330 | #193 |
| 1977 | 1,282 | — | #5,492 | #182 |
| 1976 | 1,422 | — | #4,328 | #167 |
| 1975 | 1,399 | — | #4,107 | #171 |
| 1974 | 1,455 | — | #4,981 | #167 |
| 1973 | 1,521 | — | #5,527 | #160 |
| 1972 | 1,860 | — | #4,060 | #143 |
| 1971 | 2,387 | — | #4,284 | #131 |
| 1970 | 2,945 | — | #4,018 | #114 |
| 1969 | 3,075 | — | #4,154 | #98 |
| 1968 | 3,428 | — | #2,961 | #89 |
| 1967 | 3,922 | — | #3,822 | #79 |
| 1966 | 4,644 | — | #2,347 | #67 |
| 1965 | 5,696 | — | #4,169 | #55 |
| 1964 | 7,109 | — | #3,224 | #51 |
| 1963 | 8,078 | — | #2,295 | #49 |
| 1962 | 9,178 | — | #2,529 | #46 |
| 1961 | 10,023 | — | #2,406 | #45 |
| 1960 | 10,666 | — | #2,716 | #43 |
| 1959 | 11,095 | — | #2,228 | #41 |
| 1958 | 10,109 | — | #2,064 | #44 |
| 1957 | 8,945 | — | #1,863 | #44 |
| 1956 | 6,497 | — | #2,239 | #59 |
| 1955 | 5,525 | — | #2,953 | #72 |
| 1954 | 5,079 | — | #2,774 | #76 |
| 1953 | 4,548 | — | #4,195 | #84 |
| 1952 | 4,329 | — | #2,788 | #85 |
| 1951 | 4,069 | — | #2,681 | #86 |
| 1950 | 4,221 | — | #2,893 | #83 |
| 1949 | 5,039 | — | #3,157 | #68 |
| 1948 | 5,756 | — | #2,821 | #60 |
| 1947 | 6,239 | — | #4,305 | #58 |
| 1946 | 4,578 | — | #3,951 | #69 |
| 1945 | 3,394 | — | #3,104 | #79 |
| 1944 | 2,847 | — | #2,929 | #89 |
| 1943 | 2,695 | — | #3,014 | #93 |
| 1942 | 2,385 | — | #3,412 | #102 |
| 1941 | 1,886 | — | #5,003 | #112 |
| 1940 | 1,561 | — | #4,291 | #121 |
| 1939 | 1,214 | — | #4,193 | #139 |
| 1938 | 1,077 | — | — | #149 |
| 1937 | 853 | — | #3,757 | #172 |
| 1936 | 747 | — | #4,118 | #178 |
| 1935 | 773 | — | — | #176 |
| 1934 | 771 | — | — | #176 |
| 1933 | 728 | — | — | #179 |
| 1932 | 780 | — | — | #177 |
| 1931 | 794 | — | #3,455 | #173 |
| 1930 | 869 | — | #4,000 | #169 |
| 1929 | 894 | — | #4,002 | #162 |
| 1928 | 939 | — | #2,489 | #162 |
| 1927 | 1,041 | — | #2,529 | #154 |
| 1926 | 1,061 | — | #3,521 | #151 |
| 1925 | 1,152 | — | #4,379 | #144 |
| 1924 | 1,227 | — | #3,964 | #139 |
| 1923 | 1,261 | — | #4,904 | #133 |
| 1922 | 1,274 | — | #5,688 | #130 |
| 1921 | 1,300 | — | #5,026 | #130 |
| 1920 | 1,281 | — | — | #127 |
| 1919 | 1,301 | — | #4,202 | #125 |
| 1918 | 1,528 | — | #5,489 | #109 |
| 1917 | 1,396 | — | #2,855 | #112 |
| 1916 | 1,399 | — | — | #108 |
| 1915 | 1,335 | — | — | #110 |
| 1914 | 1,003 | — | #4,122 | #112 |
| 1913 | 661 | — | — | #121 |
| 1912 | 548 | — | #3,375 | #123 |
| 1911 | 255 | — | — | #133 |
| 1910 | 245 | — | — | #136 |
| 1909 | 187 | — | — | #141 |
| 1908 | 149 | — | — | #161 |
| 1907 | 157 | — | — | #148 |
| 1906 | 131 | — | — | #153 |
| 1905 | 126 | — | — | #161 |
| 1904 | 123 | — | — | #156 |
| 1903 | 127 | — | — | #147 |
| 1902 | 92 | — | — | #182 |
| 1901 | 76 | — | — | #194 |
| 1900 | 139 | — | — | #150 |
| 1899 | 78 | — | — | #182 |
| 1898 | 87 | — | — | #182 |
| 1897 | 79 | — | — | #193 |
| 1896 | 94 | — | — | #172 |
| 1895 | 71 | — | — | #204 |
| 1894 | 80 | — | — | #187 |
| 1893 | 73 | — | — | #198 |
| 1892 | 68 | — | — | #216 |
| 1891 | 56 | — | — | #213 |
| 1890 | 66 | — | — | #202 |
| 1889 | 64 | — | — | #204 |
| 1888 | 83 | — | — | #179 |
| 1887 | 54 | — | — | #215 |
| 1886 | 70 | — | — | #193 |
| 1885 | 60 | — | — | #205 |
| 1884 | 66 | — | — | #203 |
| 1883 | 62 | — | — | #191 |
| 1882 | 63 | — | — | #204 |
| 1881 | 44 | — | — | #232 |
| 1880 | 52 | — | — | #232 |