Sten

Boy · recorded 1945–2003

  • 2003last recorded
  • 1970best year

Most popular in 1970.

Last recorded in 2003. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1945

03519451960197419892003

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 25 recorded years as a table
Sten, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19454
19523
19543
19603
19613
19623
19634
19643
19655
19664
19675
19693
19705
19714
19735
19753
19774
19814
19853
19883
19892
19912
19924
19954
20034

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Sten isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2003
8
Rank in 2003
#7,831
How rare
1 in 246,918 boys
Since 1945
170

Sten was last recorded in 2003. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1970, at 5 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Sten doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.