NameTides

Steve

Steve was the #1,609 boys' name in the US in 2025 (105 babies), and #1,466 in England & Wales and #1,374 in Canada.

Steve as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Steve as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaEngland & WalesUS
Steve as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,609 (105)#1,466 (18)——#577 (5)#1,374 (17)
2024#1,685 (99)#1,859 (13)——#472 (7)#1,654 (12)
2023#1,539 (114)#1,407 (18)——#472 (7)#1,947 (9)
2022#1,479 (122)#2,166 (10)——#454 (7)#2,810 (5)
2021#1,365 (135)#3,017 (6)——#454 (7)#1,478 (13)
2020#1,250 (148)#1,935 (11)——#496 (6)#1,520 (12)
2019#1,202 (159)#2,266 (9)——#764 (3)#1,101 (19)
2018#1,151 (167)#2,445 (8)———#964 (23)
2017#1,056 (189)#2,324 (9)———#1,246 (16)
2016#993 (205)#2,556 (8)——#601 (4)#1,283 (15)
2015#939 (224)#1,586 (15)———#1,319 (14)
2014#863 (256)#1,630 (14)#680 (3)—#508 (6)#1,565 (11)
2013#872 (242)#3,315 (5)——#479 (6)#1,252 (15)
2012#754 (303)#2,117 (10)——#401 (9)#862 (26)
2011#707 (324)#1,342 (18)——#455 (7)#1,038 (20)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1959 at #41.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Steve is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 19,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 21,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Steve by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,011CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,908TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Steve (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1239

Steve (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SteveCanadaBoys#1,37417
SteveEngland & WalesBoys#1,46618
SteveIrelandBoys#5775
SteveNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SteveNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SteveScotlandBoys—too few
SteveUSGirls—too few
SteveUSBoys#1,609105