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Steven

Pronounced /ˈstiːvən/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1985 · #1038
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for boys:1,284 in 2024 (#269)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Steven in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1985 with 145 babies, ranked #1038.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1941.
  • 4,465 girls have been named Steven since 1880.

Who else has this name

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

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 55 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,127 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,734 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,353 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Z: 186 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 10 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Inherited from Middle English Stevene, Steven, from Anglo-Norman Estievne, Estievene, from Latin Stephanus, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown, wreath”), from στέφω (stéphō, “to put round, to surround”).

  • A male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Stephen.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Say it
/ˈstiːvən/

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