# Stepan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/stepan/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | “stephen” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 261 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 261 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 21, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

(given name) From Russian Степа́н (Stepán, “Stephen”), from Greek Στέφανος (Stéfanos). Doublet of Stephen. :(surname) From Czech Štěpán.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | 9,735 |
| 2010 | 5 | 13,990 |
| 2011 | 8 | 9,479 |
| 2012 | 10 | 8,056 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,579 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,265 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,644 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,675 |
| 2017 | 10 | 8,062 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,731 |
| 2019 | 15 | 6,062 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,837 |
| 2022 | 6 | 12,125 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,662 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10,536 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## People named Stepan

- Stepan Razin, Cossack leader (c. 1630 - 1671)
- Stepan Shahumyan, Armenian Bolshevik revolutionary (1878–1918)
- Stepan Erzya, Erzya Mordvin sculptor (1876-1959)
- Štěpán Chaloupek, Czech footballer
- Štěpán Trochta, Czechoslovak cardinal (1905–1974)
- Štěpán Vachoušek, Czech soccer player and soccer representant
- Stepan Malkhasyants, Armenian academic (1857-1947)
- Stepan Zorian, Armenian revolutionary (1867–1919)
- Stepan Putilo, Belarusian blogger
- Štěpán Kučera, Czech soccer player
- Stepanos Nazarian, Armenian historian (1812-1879)
- Stepan Zoryan, Armenian writer (1890–1967)

## 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.