Steven Name Popularity

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How popular is Steven?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Steven, ranked the 198th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 250 most popular, Steven has been a top 1000 placer since the Social Security Administration began keeping records in 1880.

Position 10, its highest popularity ranking, was reached for the first time in 1955 and as recently as 1961.

The greatest number of babies were given the name in 1956 with 38,397 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Steven was 13 in 1894.

Steven, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1897-1900, 1903-1916, and 1931-1955, whereas 1959-1973, and 1990-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

The popularity trend for Steven has been spiralling downward for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Steven lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Steven?

Steven's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Steven is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Steven is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Steven (Girl)		Steven (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	2,022	198
2017		< 5	--	2,157	182
2016		5	18,500	2,391	167
2015		< 5	--	2,702	154
2014		< 5	--	2,797	145
2013		5	18,905	2,883	135
2012		< 5	--	3,238	112
2011		< 5	--	3,207	124
2010		< 5	--	3,431	117
2009		9	12,316	3,825	106
2008		10	11,488	4,226	104
2007		9	12,546	4,549	97
2006		9	12,300	4,817	90
2005		9	11,722	5,075	83
2004		25	5,193	5,353	78
2003		8	12,263	5,856	70
2002		15	7,392	6,217	68
2001		14	7,667	6,586	63
2000		17	6,441	7,359	54
1999		20	5,398	7,689	47
1998		18	5,770	8,114	46
1997		23	4,641	8,766	40
1996		26	4,170	9,650	38
1995		20	5,005	10,660	37
1994		39	3,031	12,087	34
1993		45	2,720	13,468	31
1992		52	2,482	15,039	29
1991		45	2,698	16,858	27
1990		69	1,987	18,753	25
1989		80	1,713	18,921	22
1988		123	1,223	17,861	24
1987		114	1,246	17,764	25
1986		125	1,147	18,098	25
1985		145	1,040	18,724	24
1984		127	1,095	18,216	23
1983		132	1,058	18,314	23
1982		117	1,177	17,146	26
1981		96	1,319	16,488	28
1980		110	1,206	15,917	28
1979		137	1,029	16,333	27
1978		110	1,161	16,403	24
1977		107	1,168	16,492	23
1976		92	1,237	16,661	20
1975		106	1,109	17,063	18
1974		89	1,236	17,677	19
1973		91	1,193	17,189	20
1972		105	1,089	19,857	19
1971		127	994	23,677	16
1970		127	988	26,816	15
1969		122	972	26,549	14
1968		113	983	25,493	15
1967		107	989	27,037	14
1966		99	1,055	27,706	13
1965		91	1,109	27,989	14
1964		95	1,132	29,712	12
1963		75	1,279	29,340	14
1962		84	1,211	30,687	12
1961		75	1,285	32,240	10
1960		95	1,114	33,889	10
1959		96	1,098	33,572	10
1958		79	1,202	32,946	10
1957		68	1,286	36,819	10
1956		79	1,177	38,397	10
1955		44	1,553	37,821	10
1954		54	1,376	36,614	11
1953		62	1,239	33,722	11
1952		49	1,399	32,032	11
1951		39	1,524	28,363	13
1950		40	1,470	23,252	16
1949		31	1,734	19,921	20
1948		20	2,248	15,981	23
1947		19	2,346	13,532	24
1946		22	2,017	8,877	28
1945		12	2,726	5,975	43
1944		10	3,118	5,110	52
1943		14	2,544	4,269	58
1942		11	2,967	3,505	75
1941		8	3,527	2,466	90
1940		< 5	--	1,569	119
1939		< 5	--	1,130	144
1938		< 5	--	772	184
1937		< 5	--	535	224
1936		< 5	--	442	252
1935		< 5	--	409	271
1934		< 5	--	322	303
1933		< 5	--	296	312
1932		< 5	--	325	306
1931		< 5	--	293	319
1930		< 5	--	312	314
1929		< 5	--	297	321
1928		< 5	--	350	299
1927		< 5	--	338	312
1926		< 5	--	348	304
1925		< 5	--	398	288
1924		< 5	--	321	325
1923		< 5	--	347	304
1922		< 5	--	395	280
1921		< 5	--	430	269
1920		< 5	--	418	270
1919		< 5	--	381	269
1918		< 5	--	378	273
1917		< 5	--	385	260
1916		< 5	--	367	258
1915		< 5	--	298	289
1914		< 5	--	253	275
1913		< 5	--	177	299
1912		< 5	--	151	293
1911		< 5	--	74	319
1910		< 5	--	66	303
1909		< 5	--	55	314
1908		< 5	--	40	363
1907		< 5	--	36	379
1906		< 5	--	34	361
1905		< 5	--	25	448
1904		< 5	--	25	429
1903		< 5	--	25	397
1902		< 5	--	32	353
1901		< 5	--	24	393
1900		< 5	--	42	335
1899		< 5	--	18	455
1898		< 5	--	26	391
1897		< 5	--	17	492
1896		< 5	--	17	516
1895		< 5	--	16	526
1894		< 5	--	13	592
1893		< 5	--	20	417
1892		< 5	--	21	419
1891		< 5	--	18	426
1890		< 5	--	20	413
1889		< 5	--	14	520
1888		< 5	--	20	428
1887		< 5	--	15	455
1886		< 5	--	20	401
1885		< 5	--	21	397
1884		< 5	--	20	414
1883		< 5	--	13	520
1882		< 5	--	22	386
1881		< 5	--	15	456
1880		< 5	--	17	441

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.