Steven remains a common boys' name (#271 in 2025), down from a peak of #10 in 1955.
Steven is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #271 for boy births in the United States (and #526 across all names), given to 1,261 babies — 1,268 including U.S. territories. Steven first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1956 (38,413 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,261 | 1,268 | — | #271 |
| 2024 | 1,291 | 1,291 | — | #268 |
| 2023 | 1,396 | 1,405 | — | #251 |
| 2022 | 1,351 | 1,356 | — | #256 |
| 2021 | 1,514 | 1,522 | — | #235 |
| 2020 | 1,681 | 1,688 | — | #222 |
| 2019 | 1,981 | 1,994 | — | #199 |
| 2018 | 2,045 | 2,062 | — | #198 |
| 2017 | 2,168 | 2,181 | — | #182 |
| 2016 | 2,406 | 2,427 | #18,552 | #167 |
| 2015 | 2,715 | 2,739 | — | #153 |
| 2014 | 2,809 | 2,850 | — | #144 |
| 2013 | 2,894 | 2,938 | #18,939 | #134 |
| 2012 | 3,241 | 3,284 | — | #112 |
| 2011 | 3,212 | 3,262 | — | #124 |
| 2010 | 3,436 | 3,485 | — | #116 |
| 2009 | 3,842 | 3,909 | #12,327 | #106 |
| 2008 | 4,238 | 4,315 | #11,498 | #104 |
| 2007 | 4,565 | 4,625 | #12,556 | #97 |
| 2006 | 4,833 | 4,914 | #12,304 | #90 |
| 2005 | 5,088 | 5,171 | #11,727 | #83 |
| 2004 | 5,382 | 5,487 | #5,196 | #78 |
| 2003 | 5,868 | 6,010 | #12,266 | #70 |
| 2002 | 6,237 | 6,381 | #7,395 | #68 |
| 2001 | 6,603 | 6,779 | #7,670 | #63 |
| 2000 | 7,378 | 7,591 | #6,446 | #54 |
| 1999 | 7,709 | 7,937 | #5,399 | #47 |
| 1998 | 8,133 | 8,379 | #5,772 | #46 |
| 1997 | 8,788 | — | #4,644 | #40 |
| 1996 | 9,676 | — | #4,173 | #38 |
| 1995 | 10,681 | — | #5,005 | #37 |
| 1994 | 12,129 | — | #3,031 | #34 |
| 1993 | 13,519 | — | #2,719 | #31 |
| 1992 | 15,091 | — | #2,484 | #29 |
| 1991 | 16,908 | — | #2,698 | #27 |
| 1990 | 18,833 | — | #1,987 | #25 |
| 1989 | 19,009 | — | #1,714 | #22 |
| 1988 | 17,988 | — | #1,224 | #24 |
| 1987 | 17,882 | — | #1,247 | #25 |
| 1986 | 18,224 | — | #1,148 | #25 |
| 1985 | 18,871 | — | #1,040 | #24 |
| 1984 | 18,344 | — | #1,095 | #23 |
| 1983 | 18,438 | — | #1,066 | #23 |
| 1982 | 17,262 | — | #1,177 | #26 |
| 1981 | 16,577 | — | #1,326 | #28 |
| 1980 | 16,027 | — | #1,196 | #28 |
| 1979 | 16,468 | — | #1,029 | #27 |
| 1978 | 16,499 | — | #1,168 | #24 |
| 1977 | 16,592 | — | #1,159 | #23 |
| 1976 | 16,742 | — | #1,235 | #20 |
| 1975 | 17,161 | — | #1,110 | #18 |
| 1974 | 17,752 | — | #1,236 | #19 |
| 1973 | 17,266 | — | #1,192 | #20 |
| 1972 | 19,956 | — | #1,089 | #19 |
| 1971 | 23,813 | — | #995 | #16 |
| 1970 | 26,920 | — | #988 | #15 |
| 1969 | 26,655 | — | #969 | #14 |
| 1968 | 25,605 | — | #990 | #15 |
| 1967 | 27,138 | — | #989 | #14 |
| 1966 | 27,798 | — | #1,049 | #13 |
| 1965 | 28,067 | — | #1,121 | #14 |
| 1964 | 29,802 | — | #1,133 | #12 |
| 1963 | 29,403 | — | #1,278 | #14 |
| 1962 | 30,772 | — | #1,211 | #12 |
| 1961 | 32,350 | — | #1,286 | #10 |
| 1960 | 33,974 | — | #1,101 | #10 |
| 1959 | 33,693 | — | #1,097 | #10 |
| 1958 | 33,048 | — | #1,195 | #10 |
| 1957 | 36,911 | — | #1,271 | #10 |
| 1956 | 38,491 | — | #1,185 | #10 |
| 1955 | 37,891 | — | #1,554 | #10 |
| 1954 | 36,682 | — | #1,375 | #11 |
| 1953 | 33,783 | — | #1,239 | #11 |
| 1952 | 32,086 | — | #1,399 | #11 |
| 1951 | 28,402 | — | #1,525 | #13 |
| 1950 | 23,290 | — | #1,470 | #16 |
| 1949 | 19,954 | — | #1,734 | #20 |
| 1948 | 15,999 | — | #2,249 | #23 |
| 1947 | 13,547 | — | #2,346 | #24 |
| 1946 | 8,900 | — | #2,016 | #28 |
| 1945 | 5,986 | — | #2,726 | #43 |
| 1944 | 5,123 | — | #3,119 | #52 |
| 1943 | 4,281 | — | #2,544 | #58 |
| 1942 | 3,516 | — | #2,968 | #75 |
| 1941 | 2,476 | — | #3,528 | #90 |
| 1940 | 1,569 | — | — | #119 |
| 1939 | 1,130 | — | — | #144 |
| 1938 | 772 | — | — | #184 |
| 1937 | 534 | — | — | #224 |
| 1936 | 443 | — | — | #252 |
| 1935 | 409 | — | — | #270 |
| 1934 | 322 | — | — | #303 |
| 1933 | 296 | — | — | #312 |
| 1932 | 325 | — | — | #306 |
| 1931 | 292 | — | — | #319 |
| 1930 | 311 | — | — | #315 |
| 1929 | 296 | — | — | #323 |
| 1928 | 350 | — | — | #299 |
| 1927 | 336 | — | — | #314 |
| 1926 | 348 | — | — | #304 |
| 1925 | 398 | — | — | #288 |
| 1924 | 321 | — | — | #325 |
| 1923 | 347 | — | — | #304 |
| 1922 | 395 | — | — | #280 |
| 1921 | 430 | — | — | #269 |
| 1920 | 418 | — | — | #270 |
| 1919 | 381 | — | — | #269 |
| 1918 | 378 | — | — | #273 |
| 1917 | 385 | — | — | #260 |
| 1916 | 367 | — | — | #258 |
| 1915 | 298 | — | — | #289 |
| 1914 | 254 | — | — | #274 |
| 1913 | 177 | — | — | #299 |
| 1912 | 151 | — | — | #293 |
| 1911 | 74 | — | — | #319 |
| 1910 | 66 | — | — | #303 |
| 1909 | 55 | — | — | #314 |
| 1908 | 40 | — | — | #363 |
| 1907 | 36 | — | — | #379 |
| 1906 | 34 | — | — | #361 |
| 1905 | 25 | — | — | #448 |
| 1904 | 25 | — | — | #429 |
| 1903 | 25 | — | — | #397 |
| 1902 | 32 | — | — | #353 |
| 1901 | 24 | — | — | #393 |
| 1900 | 42 | — | — | #335 |
| 1899 | 18 | — | — | #455 |
| 1898 | 26 | — | — | #391 |
| 1897 | 17 | — | — | #492 |
| 1896 | 17 | — | — | #516 |
| 1895 | 16 | — | — | #526 |
| 1894 | 13 | — | — | #592 |
| 1893 | 20 | — | — | #417 |
| 1892 | 21 | — | — | #419 |
| 1891 | 18 | — | — | #426 |
| 1890 | 20 | — | — | #413 |
| 1889 | 14 | — | — | #520 |
| 1888 | 20 | — | — | #428 |
| 1887 | 15 | — | — | #455 |
| 1886 | 20 | — | — | #401 |
| 1885 | 21 | — | — | #397 |
| 1884 | 20 | — | — | #414 |
| 1883 | 13 | — | — | #520 |
| 1882 | 22 | — | — | #386 |
| 1881 | 15 | — | — | #456 |
| 1880 | 17 | — | — | #441 |