Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Steve

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

Endangered Down 99.1% from peak

Peak era

1959

Peak rank proxy

11,067

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19592024

Peak year

1959

Decline from peak

99.1%

2024

All-time

241,122

Steve 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 1959, when 11,067 boys were named Steve.

In 2024, only 99 boys were given the name.

Down 99.1% from its peak.

All told, about 241,122 Americans have been named Steve and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.1% from peak

195911,067 boys named Steve

202499 boys named Steve

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