Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Steven

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

Endangered Down 96.7% from peak

Peak era

1956

Peak rank proxy

38,410

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19562024

Peak year

1956

Decline from peak

96.7%

2024

1,284

All-time

1,291,851

Steven 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 1956, when 38,410 boys were named Steven.

In 2024, only 1,284 boys were given the name.

Down 96.7% from its peak.

All told, about 1,291,851 Americans have been named Steven and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.7% from peak

195638,410 boys named Steven

20241,284 boys named Steven

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