# Stefanos (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/stefanos/  
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 | 514 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 514 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 171, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Greek Στέφανος (Stéfanos), a male given name used in (modern) Greece. Cognate with English Stephen.

## 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 | 10 | 7,985 |
| 2012 | 14 | 6,260 |
| 2013 | 14 | 6,197 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,918 |
| 2015 | 15 | 5,953 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,542 |
| 2017 | 12 | 7,043 |
| 2018 | 10 | 8,079 |
| 2019 | 14 | 6,366 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,433 |
| 2021 | 13 | 6,626 |
| 2022 | 15 | 6,113 |
| 2023 | 14 | 6,464 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,895 |
| 2025 | 17 | 5,579 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Stefanos

- Stefanos Gabrielopoulos, Byzantine governor
- Stefanos Dedas, basketball coach from Greece
- Saint Stephen, Deacon, martyr, and saint
- Stephanus of Byzantium, 6th-century Byzantine grammarian and geographer
- Stephen Lekapenos, Byzantine emperor
- Stephen the Younger, Byzantine saint
- Stephen the Hymnographer, Byzantine hymnographer and saint

## 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.