Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Steven

Gender

Male

Origin

Greek
Crowned One
Crown, garland
English

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Steven

Pronunciation

s-te-ven

Famous People

Actor Steven Seagal, Director Steven Spielberg, Director Steven Soderberg, Apple founder Steve Jobs, Musician Steven Tyler, Noble-Prize winning physicist Stephen Hawking

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1956 (rank #10, 38,381 births); most recent 2025 (rank #271, 1,261 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1985 (rank #1036, 145 births); most recent 2016 (rank #16210, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20251,261–
20241,284–
20231,394–
20221,350–
20211,512–
20201,679–
20191,978–
20182,044–
20172,167–
20162,4005

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 1996 (rank #73, 877 births); most recent 2025 (rank #976, 31 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202531
202441
202340
202243
202141
202057
201968
201865
201781
201683

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1992 (rank #44, 2,044 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1511, 20 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202320
202228
202122
202047
201955
201851
201772
201678
201578
2014105

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 1990 (rank #57, 141 births); most recent 2025 (rank #787, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
20253
202413
20236
2022–
202111
20205
20197
20188
20176
201614

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 1974 (rank #8, 1,020 births); most recent 2025 (rank #278, 13 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
202513
202412
20238
202214
20219
202017
201917
201822
201725
201627

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 1998 (rank #54, 58 births); most recent 2025 (rank #344, 4 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
20254
2024–
2023–
20223
20216
2020–
2019–
20184
20174
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1967 (rank #7, 291 births); most recent 2023 (rank #493, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
20236
20227
20216
202011
201911
201813
20176
20168
20158
201419

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence