Stefan
Stefan is ranked 1,000th among boys in 2024 (225 births). Its best rank was 339th, in 1991.
- Rank in 2024
- #1,000down 39 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2250.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1991719 births
- Best rank
- #339in 1991
- Since 1910
- 20,972people given the name
The story in the numbers
20,972 boys have been named Stefan in the United States since 1910, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 719 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 855 → 1,000).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 1990s alone account for 26%. It has spent 73 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Stefan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 115 | |
| 1920s | 103 | |
| 1930s | 78 | |
| 1940s | 262 | |
| 1950s | 652 | |
| 1960s | 1,641 | |
| 1970s | 2,387 | |
| 1980s | 4,016 | |
| 1990s | 5,399 | |
| 2000s | 2,519 | |
| 2010s | 2,588 | |
| 2020s | 1,212 |
In 1991, its biggest year
Stefan was the 339th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1991 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Stefan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Cordpeak 1990
- Barringtonpeak 1991
- Montezpeak 1991
- Brettonpeak 1987
- Steffenpeak 1991
- Edgardpeak 1992
- Koreypeak 1990
- Jamalpeak 1993
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.