# Istvan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/istvan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 81 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 81 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 33, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 5 | 4,313 |
| 1963 | 7 | 3,459 |
| 1968 | 5 | 4,390 |
| 1969 | 5 | 4,667 |
| 1970 | 7 | 4,015 |
| 1991 | 5 | 8,730 |
| 1993 | 7 | 7,113 |
| 1994 | 7 | 7,269 |
| 1997 | 5 | 9,853 |
| 1999 | 5 | 10,552 |
| 2000 | 8 | 7,734 |
| 2007 | 8 | 9,216 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,267 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Istvan

- István Fekete, (1900–1970) Hungarian writer
- István Kovács, boxer
- István Énekes, boxer (1911–1940)
- István Mészáros, (1930–2017) Hungarian philosopher
- István Csom, (1940–2021) Hungarian chess player
- István Dobó, baron and soldier from Hungary (1502–1572)
- István Csukás, (1936–2020) Hungarian writer
- István Lichteneckert, fencer (1892–1929)
- István Thomán, (1862–1940 classical pianist, piano teacher
- István Joós, Canoe racer
- István Szabó, Canoe racer
- István Hernek, Canoe racer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.