Stephen

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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

Stephen first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1969 with 34 babies (rank #338 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Stephen

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

894
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
34
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
19557#549
19563#703
19573#733
19588#562
19599#570
196011#523
196111#522
196210#552
196310#558
19644#776
196513#526
196622#410
196723#399
196818#453
196934#338
197020#456
197131#362
197217#485
197313#545
197423#413
197516#486
197616#491
197714#519
197816#503
197912#584
198019#480
198112#600
198218#500
198320#458
198417#517
198534#357
198620#505
198721#504
198827#450
198924#494
199027#481
199125#494
199229#463
199326#483
199420#557
199528#476
199617#604
199716#624
199819#577
199916#628
200014#673
200116#636
200214#671
20037#901
20047#893
200510#771
20065#1,012
20075#996
20083#1,191
20093#1,171
20101#1,403
20111#1,287
20121#1,281
20134#1,034
20144#990