# Steffen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/steffen/  
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 | 1,505 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,505 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 23, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 17 | 5,441 |
| 2011 | 12 | 6,943 |
| 2012 | 12 | 6,980 |
| 2013 | 18 | 5,144 |
| 2014 | 12 | 6,996 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,269 |
| 2016 | 12 | 7,088 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10,617 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13,827 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6,728 |
| 2020 | 16 | 5,662 |
| 2021 | 13 | 6,627 |
| 2023 | 5 | 13,915 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13,978 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,633 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |
| 1997 | 4 | 2,337 |
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 1999 | 8 | 1,505 |
| 2000 | 5 | 2,142 |

## People named Steffen

- Steffen Freund, German footballer
- Steffen Hofmann, German footballer
- Steffen Baumgart, German football manager
- Steffen Blochwitz, East German cyclist
- Steffen Weinhold, German handball player
- Steffen Tigges, German association football player (born 1998)
- Steffen Hamann, German basketball player (born 1981)
- Steffen Bogs, East German rower
- Steffen Zühlke, East German rower
- Steffen Fäth, German handball player
- Steffen Heidrich, German footballer
- Steffen Seibert, German journalist and diplomat

## 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.