# Stefano (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/stefano/  
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 | 3,150 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,150 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 296, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 65 | 2,075 |
| 2012 | 70 | 2,015 |
| 2013 | 61 | 2,178 |
| 2014 | 54 | 2,398 |
| 2015 | 51 | 2,479 |
| 2016 | 61 | 2,224 |
| 2017 | 52 | 2,486 |
| 2018 | 45 | 2,741 |
| 2019 | 48 | 2,688 |
| 2020 | 40 | 2,970 |
| 2021 | 48 | 2,688 |
| 2022 | 70 | 2,129 |
| 2023 | 69 | 2,123 |
| 2024 | 62 | 2,311 |
| 2025 | 52 | 2,565 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Stefano

- Stefano Palmieri, Captain Regent of San Marino
- Stefano Celozzi, German footballer
- Stefano Magnasco, Chilean footballer
- Stefano Ticci, bobsledder
- Stefano Borgia, Catholic cardinal
- Stefano della Bella, engraver, printmaker (1610-1664)
- Stefano Evodio Assemani, Catholic archbishop
- Stefano Magaddino, American gangster (1891–1974)
- Stefano Zanatta, cyclist
- Stefano Cusin, footballer and manager
- Stefano Cincotta Giordano, football player
- Stéfano de Gregorio, Argentine actor

## 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.