Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Stephen

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Stephen
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.3% from peak

Peak era

1952

Peak rank proxy

23,054

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19522024

Peak year

1952

Decline from peak

96.3%

2024

864

All-time

863,904

Stephen once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1952, when 23,054 boys were named Stephen.

In 2024, only 864 boys were given the name.

Down 96.3% from its peak.

All told, about 863,904 Americans have been named Stephen and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.3% from peak

195223,054 boys named Stephen

2024864 boys named Stephen

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