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Steven

3,311,882births recorded
29Countries
18Variants
1986Peak · Austria
#16Czechia 2025

Steven is a boy name family recorded 3,311,882 times in 29 countries since 1880. It ranks highest today in Czechia (#16 in 2025). Its all-time peak was in Austria in 1986, at 2,867.3 births per 100,000. Elsewhere it is mostly given as Stéphane (France), Esteban (Argentina), Stephen (New South Wales).

Popularity by country

Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.

Which form wins where

Births per 100,000 newborns for each form, in the selected country.

Rank in countries that publish top lists only

All forms of Steven

VariantsLanguageTotal birthsCountryLatest rankPeak year10-year trend
Steven English 1,297,590 🇺🇸 United States #271 1955 ▼ 48 %
Steven English 42,953 🇨🇦 Ontario #579 1970 ▼ 52 %
Steven English 33,485 🇫🇷 France #2255 1993 ▼ 84 %
Steven English 21,788 🇦🇺 New South Wales – 1961 –
Steven English 20,035 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland #278 1976 ▼ 55 %
Steven English 10,746 🇨🇦 British Columbia #493 1967 ▼ 53 %
Stephen English 867,669 🇺🇸 United States #383 1951 ▼ 38 %
Stephen English 41,294 🇨🇦 Ontario #478 1961 ▼ 35 %
Stephen English 33,769 🇦🇺 New South Wales – 1955 –
Stephen English 26,368 🇮🇪 Ireland #232 1983 ▼ 56 %
Stephen English 14,608 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland #400 1974 ▼ 69 %
Stephen English 8,933 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #716 1996 ▼ 53 %
Stéphane French 310,060 🇫🇷 France #1381 1971 ▼ 53 %
Stéphane French 4,711 🇨🇦 Québec – 1980 –
Stéphane French 1,830 🇺🇸 United States – 1990 –
Stéphane French 1,775 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1973 –
Stéphane French 344 🇧🇪 Belgium – 1996 –
Stéphane French 120 🇨🇭 Switzerland – 2002 –
Esteban Spanish 123,895 🇦🇷 Argentina #198 1991 ▼ 39 %
Esteban Spanish 35,623 🇺🇸 United States #461 2005 ▼ 3 %
Esteban Spanish 33,285 🇫🇷 France #177 2008 ▼ 66 %
Esteban Spanish 8,656 🇨🇱 Chile #57 1996 –
Esteban Spanish 3,852 🇺🇾 Montevideo (Uruguay) #81 2002 ▼ 67 %
Esteban Spanish 2,052 🇧🇪 Belgium #500 2005 ▼ 73 %
Etienne French 86,240 🇫🇷 France #698 1900 ▼ 36 %
Etienne French 10,596 🇨🇦 Québec #162 1997 ▼ 69 %
Etienne French 1,711 🇺🇸 United States #3949 1902 ▲ 65 %
Etienne French 768 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #1066 2012 ▲ 32 %
Etienne French 574 🇨🇭 Switzerland #625 2003 ▼ 26 %
Etienne French 350 🇨🇦 Ontario – 2012 –
Stefan German 30,827 🇦🇹 Austria #83 1986 ▼ 53 %
Stefan German 21,237 🇺🇸 United States #1021 1991 ▼ 17 %
Stefan German 6,519 🇵🇱 Poland #60 2024 ▲ 142 %
Stefan German 3,782 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #422 1996 ▼ 11 %
Stefan German 3,120 🇫🇷 France #1202 1931 ▼ 16 %
Stefan German 2,990 🇨🇦 Ontario #429 1996 ▼ 19 %
Stefano Italian 38,559 🇮🇹 Italy – 1999 –
Stefano Italian 7,099 🇦🇷 Argentina #433 2011 ▲ 118 %
Stefano Italian 3,150 🇺🇸 United States #2539 1993 ▲ 14 %
Stefano Italian 1,295 🇨🇦 Ontario #1355 2005 ▼ 54 %
Stefano Italian 775 🇫🇷 France #4057 1991 ▼ 58 %
Stefano Italian 370 🇨🇭 Switzerland #719 2002 ▲ 100 %
Stephan German 27,910 🇺🇸 United States #1837 1987 ▼ 42 %
Stephan German 13,855 🇫🇷 France #5591 1971 ▼ 58 %
Stephan German 3,710 🇦🇹 Austria – 1986 –
Stephan German 1,636 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1973 –
Stephan German 423 🇨🇦 Québec – 1980 –
Stephan German 410 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #3240 1996 ▼ 39 %
Istvan German 6,688 🇭🇺 Hungary #48 2011 –
Istvan German 81 🇺🇸 United States – 2000 –
Istvan German 40 🇫🇷 France – 1993 –
Istvan German 23 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 2018 –
Istvan German 5 🇦🇹 Austria – 2018 –
Istvan German 5 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1963 –
Stepan Russian 3,141 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan #550 2015 ▼ 68 %
Stepan Russian 2,523 🇨🇿 Czechia #16 2024 –
Stepan Russian 261 🇺🇸 United States #9714 2019 ▼ 12 %
Stepan Russian 35 🇵🇱 Poland #445 2022 new
Stepan Russian 20 🇫🇷 France #6566 2025 new
Stepan Russian 6 🇦🇷 Argentina – 1957 –

Related names

Other-gender form

Names with a similar trajectory

Their popularity curve in Austria correlates closely with Steven's.

  1. 1Thomas
  2. 2Christopher
  3. 3Martin
  4. 4Sandra
  5. 5Michael
  6. 6Nicole

How we grouped these names

  • Stephen ↔ Steven — checked by hand
  • Stephen ↔ Stéphane — checked by hand
  • Stephen ↔ Etienne — checked by hand
  • Stephen ↔ Esteban — checked by hand
  • Stephen ↔ Stefano — checked by hand
  • Stephen ↔ Stefan — checked by hand
  • Stephen ↔ Stepan — checked by hand
  • Stephen ↔ Esteve — checked by hand
  • Stephen ↔ Stephan — checked by hand
  • Stephen ↔ Istvan — checked by hand
  • Stephen ↔ Szczepan — checked by hand
  • Esteban ↔ Estebann — spelling variant
  • Steven ↔ Steeven — spelling variant
  • Stefan ↔ Steffan — spelling variant

Questions about Steven

How popular is the name Steven?

In 2025 it ranked #16 in Czechia. Official registers record 3,311,882 births across 29 countries.

What is Steven in other languages?

Stephen (English); Stéphane (French); Esteban (Spanish); Etienne (French); Stefan (German); Stefano (Italian); Stephan (German); Istvan (German); Stepan (Russian); Steeven (French).

When was Steven most popular?

It peaked in Austria in 1986, at 2,867.3 births per 100,000.

Is Steven a boy or a girl name?

In official birth registers, Steven is a boy name.