Steven

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Stephen or Steven is an English male first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen, an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the first martyr of the Christian Church.

From Wikipedia

Steven first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 53 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1970 with 978 babies (rank #17 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Steven

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Steven yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

30,807
Total babies (all years)
53
Years in the data
978
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1952234#41
1953352#33
1954358#30
1955387#30
1956421#25
1957465#21
1958503#16
1959592#14
1960945#14
1961937#14
1962942#13
1963967#13
1964886#13
1965834#15
1966844#14
1967930#15
1968973#15
1969965#17
1970978#17
1971968#18
1972893#19
1973772#22
1974805#19
1975858#17
1976886#15
1977847#16
1978834#16
1979725#21
1980722#21
1981779#20
1982795#22
1983764#21
1984741#20
1985642#25
1986582#27
1987555#28
1988518#29
1989454#32
1990500#33
1991478#34
1992389#43
1993355#51
1994317#51
1995252#61
1996229#65
1997199#72
1998147#88
1999103#96
2000162#81
20147#228
20156#263
20167#244
20173#491