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Stephen

Pronounced /ˈstiːvən/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1985 · #1350
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for boys:864 in 2024 (#378)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Stephen in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1985 with 97 babies, ranked #1350.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1912.
  • 2,930 girls have been named Stephen since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Stephen per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
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    Boomers
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    Gen X
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    Millennials
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    Gen Z
  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 106 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 215 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 667 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,002 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 856 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 84 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Latin Stephanus, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown, wreath”), from στέφω (stéphō, “to put round, to surround”). From *stegʷʰ- (“to enlace”) + -νος (-nos, suffix forming an adjective or noun) from Proto-Indo-European *-nós (suffix forming a verbal adjective from a verb stem).

  • A male given name from Ancient Greek.
  • A female given name.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Say it
/ˈstiːvən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Stephen, CC BY-SA 4.0.