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Boy's name · #271 in the US (2025) · Vintage
Steven belongs to an older America first — it reached #10 back in 1955 — yet it still appears in today's records at #271. About 1.3 million boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 43 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#147 in Ecuador (2025) · #237 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #294 in Scotland (2025) · #392 in N. Ireland (2025) · #1,000 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,038 in Ireland (2025) · #1,772 in Austria (2025) · #2,613 in Switzerland (2025) · #3,011 in France (2025) · #557 in Canada (2024).
Among 3,882 notable people named Steven:
Scientists & scholars appear 1.52× more often than among typical names — e.g. Steven Weinberg, American theoretical physicist (1933–2021).
Together with its spelling variant Stephen (#383), Steven would rank around #173 with about 2,100 births last year — the newborns split about 60/40 between Steven and Stephen.
About 1,300 girls a year are given Stevie as their full name and 120 boys Steve.
Similar names: Steve · Timothy · Stephen · Jason · Dennis · Alex
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