Name profile

Steven

Medieval English variant of Stephen, and a Dutch variant of Stefan.

PronunciationEnglish /ˈstiː.vən/; Dutch /ˈsteː.vən/
Usage languagesDutch, English
US rank (2025)#271

Meaning and history

Steven is a medieval English variant of Stephen and a Dutch variant of Stefan. Filmmaker Steven Spielberg (1946–), director of E.T. and Indiana Jones, is a famous bearer.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 4,824 births, rank #90
2007: 4,556 births, rank #97
2008: 4,228 births, rank #104
2009: 3,833 births, rank #106
2010: 3,436 births, rank #116
20112011: 3,212 births, rank #124
2012: 3,241 births, rank #112
2013: 2,889 births, rank #134
2014: 2,809 births, rank #144
2015: 2,715 births, rank #153
20162016: 2,401 births, rank #167
2017: 2,168 births, rank #182
2018: 2,045 births, rank #198
2019: 1,981 births, rank #199
2020: 1,681 births, rank #222
20212021: 1,514 births, rank #235
2022: 1,351 births, rank #256
2023: 1,396 births, rank #251
2024: 1,291 births, rank #268
20252025: 1,261 births, rank #271

Steven moved from #268 to #271 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1956, with 38,413 births.