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Stephen
Pronounced /ˈstiːvən/
Rank in 2024
#378
Born in 2024
864
Peak year
1952 · #21
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 864 boys were named Stephen, about 1 in every 1,985.
- It peaked in 1952 with 23,054 babies, ranked #21.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 863,904 boys 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.
- 1.7Greatest1901–27
- 3.1Silent1928–45
- 9.3Boomers1946–64
- 7.1Gen X1965–80
- 5.4Millennials1981–96
- 1.6Gen Z1997–12
- 0.6Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 28,434 babies, 1.70 per 1,000. Silent: 63,065 babies, 3.05 per 1,000. Boomers: 349,884 babies, 9.32 per 1,000. Gen X: 192,207 babies, 7.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 163,765 babies, 5.38 per 1,000. Gen Z: 48,839 babies, 1.56 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 14,112 babies, 0.65 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.