Boys' name · peaked in 1987
Stephan name popularity since 1925
27,470 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Stephan (0.8% girls, 99.2% boys). Half of them were born in 1977 or earlier, so the typical Stephan is about 49 years old in 2026. Stephan peaked in 1987 as the #347 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 27,470
- Named Stephan, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,850 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.2% boys
- 229 girls · 27,241 boys
- Most popular in
- New York
- 1.64× its national share
Peak year is the year Stephan made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Stephan births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1989. Measured as a share of all babies, Stephan peaked in 1987.
- Fastest rise: Between 1944 and 1949, Stephan became 2.1× more common, from 1 in 9,950 baby boys to 1 in 4,760.
- Steepest fall: Between 1995 and 2000, its share of baby boys fell by 50%, from 1 in 4,080 to 1 in 8,120.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Stephan's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Stephan.
Decade by decade
Babies named Stephan in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 101 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 285 | #1,349 |
| 1940s | 0 | 1,931 | #487 |
| 1950s | 5 | 4,498 | #333 |
| 1960s | 60 | 4,275 | #388 |
| 1970s | 76 | 3,179 | #477 |
| 1980s | 64 | 4,324 | #393 |
| 1990s | 24 | 4,343 | #470 |
| 2000s | 0 | 2,040 | #901 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,566 | #1,140 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 699 | #1,850 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
29.1% of babies named Stephan from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Stephan is most popular
The index compares Stephan's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Stephan.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 1.64× | 2,852 |
| Florida | 1.55× | 1,279 |
| Ohio | 1.47× | 1,545 |
| Indiana | 1.46× | 792 |
| Illinois | 1.45× | 1,621 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Stephan and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Stephan (this page) | 27,241 | 1987 |
| Stephen | 836,972 | 1951 |
| Stephon | 8,808 | 1997 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Stephan's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Stephan.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Stephan (1987).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data