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Steffen

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Steffen is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
50.00% of boys
Peak year
199177 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1948
1,493people given the name
Babies named Steffen, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,493 boys have been named Steffen in the United States since 1948, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 77 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1990s alone account for 31%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Steffen
1940s6
1950s65
1960s125
1970s132
1980s373
1990s458
2000s178
2010s117
2020s39

In 1991, its biggest year

Steffen was outside the top 1,000 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 Steffen

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.