How Many People Are Named Steven?
people named Steven are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 325 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,297,590 babies named Steven in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐⭐ Very Common
Peak Year
38,491 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Medieval English variant of STEPHEN, and a Dutch variant of STEFAN. The filmmaker Steven Spielberg (1946-), director of 'E.T.' and 'Indiana Jones', is a famous bearer of this name.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Steven in English. Counting Steven and these spellings together, about 1,697,211 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Steven (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Steven alive today is about 52 years old, and 49% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 39 and 66 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Steven first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1956, to 38,491 babies. In 2025, 1,261 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Steven reached #10 among boys' names in 1955 to 1961, and was in the top 10 for 7 years, 1955 to 1961. In 2025 it ranked #271.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #271 |
| Best rank | #10 (1955 to 1961) |
| Years in the top 10 | 7 |
| Years in the top 100 | 67 (1941 to 2007) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #11 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Steven alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Steven were born in California than in any other state: about 126,664 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Steven was given 1.5 times as often in Iowa, 1.4 times in Minnesota and 1.4 times in Rhode Island.
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