Stephen

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #383in 2025
  • 1 in 2,060boys in 2025
  • −38%last ten years
  • 2.1×in Connecticut

Most popular in 1951. Quieter now: down 38% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

05,96811,93618801916195319892025

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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 146 recorded years as a table
Stephen, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18801,593
18811,459
18821,768
18831,338
18841,442
18851,466
18861,634
18871,627
18881,547
18891,483
18901,405
18911,384
18921,459
18931,558
18941,503
18951,525
18961,372
18971,721
18981,589
18991,676
19001,203
19011,484
19021,712
19031,677
19041,389
19051,859
19061,555
19071,859
19081,814
19091,915
19101,802
19112,151
19122,158
19132,140
19142,270
19152,180
19162,109
19172,044
19181,818
19191,727
19201,664
19211,696
19221,582
19231,464
19241,443
19251,328
19261,202
19271,283
19281,205
19291,262
19301,145
19311,283
19321,330
19331,332
19341,379
19351,584
19361,795
19372,000
19382,458
19392,869
19403,816
19414,731
19425,432
19435,557
19445,718
19456,420
19467,286
19478,378
19489,723
194911,549
195011,457
195111,936
195211,862
195311,057
195410,731
195510,755
195610,024
19579,144
19588,463
19597,732
19607,629
19617,565
19627,548
19637,381
19647,511
19657,875
19668,266
19678,652
19688,493
19698,439
19707,942
19717,409
19726,806
19736,387
19746,424
19756,233
19766,199
19775,863
19786,002
19795,752
19805,640
19815,752
19825,857
19836,451
19846,702
19856,606
19866,450
19876,186
19886,063
19895,865
19905,814
19915,210
19924,660
19934,267
19943,872
19953,444
19963,172
19972,872
19982,623
19992,366
20002,106
20011,924
20021,725
20031,591
20041,436
20051,374
20061,242
20071,145
20081,025
2009968
2010949
2011831
2012827
2013768
2014756
2015781
2016727
2017721
2018686
2019610
2020593
2021548
2022526
2023525
2024505
2025485

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Connecticut 2.1×
  2. South Carolina 2.1×
  3. Pennsylvania 2.0×
  4. Massachusetts 1.8×
  5. Mississippi 1.8×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
829
Rank in 2025
#383
How rare
1 in 2,060 boys
Since 1880
864,739

Most popular in 1951, at 11,936 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 38% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Connecticut2.1×42
South Carolina2.1×66
Pennsylvania2.0×159
Massachusetts1.8×76
Mississippi1.8×31

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