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Steven
Pronounced /ˈstiːvən/
Rank in 2024
#269
Born in 2024
1,284
Peak year
1956 · #10
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,284 boys were named Steven, about 1 in every 1,336.
- It peaked in 1956 with 38,410 babies, ranked #10.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 1,291,851 boys 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.
- 0.3Greatest1901–27
- 1.4Silent1928–45
- 14.6Boomers1946–64
- 12.4Gen X1965–80
- 8.5Millennials1981–96
- 2.8Gen Z1997–12
- 1.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 5,819 babies, 0.35 per 1,000. Silent: 28,376 babies, 1.37 per 1,000. Boomers: 547,831 babies, 14.59 per 1,000. Gen X: 338,749 babies, 12.45 per 1,000. Millennials: 258,085 babies, 8.48 per 1,000. Gen Z: 88,365 babies, 2.82 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 24,221 babies, 1.11 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.