NameTides

Steven

Steven was the #271 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,261 babies), and #976 in England & Wales and #555 in Canada.

Steven as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Steven as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandNorthern IrelandCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Steven as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#271 (1,261)#976 (31)#278 (13)#344 (4)#829 (3)#555 (52)—
2024#268 (1,291)#800 (41)#307 (12)—#302 (13)#586 (46)—
2023#251 (1,396)#814 (40)#400 (8)—#516 (6)#644 (41)—
2022#256 (1,351)#758 (43)#271 (14)#414 (3)—#516 (54)—
2021#235 (1,514)#790 (41)#372 (9)#295 (6)#349 (11)#436 (68)—
2020#222 (1,681)#619 (57)#239 (17)—#556 (5)#435 (66)—
2019#199 (1,981)#552 (68)#250 (17)—#466 (7)#399 (76)—
2018#198 (2,045)#572 (65)#208 (22)#365 (4)#435 (8)#371 (85)—
2017#182 (2,168)#495 (81)#204 (25)#363 (4)#495 (6)#367 (87)—
2016#167 (2,401)#486 (83)#198 (27)#281 (6)#313 (14)#330 (102)—
2015#153 (2,715)#403 (105)#151 (38)#259 (7)#345 (12)#357 (87)—
2014#144 (2,809)#438 (92)#145 (42)#264 (7)#259 (19)#280 (123)—
2013#134 (2,889)#388 (105)#146 (39)#398 (3)#296 (15)#250 (133)—
2012#112 (3,241)#332 (133)#140 (44)#273 (6)#310 (14)#245 (139)—
2011#124 (3,212)#298 (148)#118 (53)#191 (11)#245 (21)#242 (134)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1955 at #10.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Steven is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 1,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Steven by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #188NHWashington: #351WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #373MNIllinois: #316ILMichigan: #241MINew York: #240NYMassachusetts: #208MAOregon: #263ORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #379IAIndiana: #229INOhio: #228OHPennsylvania: #172PANew Jersey: #165NJConnecticut: #326CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #293CAUtah: #351UTColorado: #398CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #272MOKentucky: #305KYWest Virginia: #227WVVirginia: #197VAMaryland: #200MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #283AZNew Mexico: #270NMKansas: #468KSArkansas: #398ARTennessee: #269TNNorth Carolina: #320NCSouth Carolina: #348SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #264OKLouisiana: #376LAMississippi: #333MSAlabama: #289ALGeorgia: #240GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #307TXFlorida: #255FL
Steven (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#57920

Steven (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
StevenCanadaBoys#55552
StevenEngland & WalesBoys#97631
StevenIrelandBoys#8293
StevenNorthern IrelandBoys#3444
StevenNSWBoys—too few
StevenScotlandBoys#27813
StevenUSGirls—too few
StevenUSBoys#2711,261