# Stéphane (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/stephane/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,830 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 702 / 1,128 (62% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 44, 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 16 | 6,026 |
| 1997 | 9 | 9,709 |
| 1998 | 11 | 8,501 |
| 1999 | 16 | 6,453 |
| 2000 | 14 | 7,526 |
| 2001 | 24 | 4,991 |
| 2002 | 15 | 7,393 |
| 2003 | 14 | 7,944 |
| 2004 | 14 | 8,196 |
| 2005 | 18 | 6,785 |
| 2006 | 8 | 13,472 |
| 2007 | 10 | 11,528 |
| 2008 | 12 | 10,003 |
| 2009 | 7 | 15,048 |
| 2010 | 6 | 16,728 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 14 | 5,754 |
| 2005 | 9 | 8,206 |
| 2006 | 11 | 7,349 |
| 2007 | 14 | 6,218 |
| 2008 | 12 | 7,122 |
| 2009 | 10 | 8,221 |
| 2010 | 7 | 10,601 |
| 2012 | 6 | 12,075 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,960 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,795 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13,783 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,986 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13,828 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,838 |
| 2023 | 5 | 13,917 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | 1,765 |
| 1997 | 4 | 2,337 |
| 1998 | 9 | 1,367 |
| 1999 | 4 | 2,425 |
| 2000 | 4 | 2,501 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,134 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |

## People named Stéphane

- Stéphane Mallarmé, French Symbolist poet (1842–1898)
- Stéphane Hessel, French diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor (1917–2013)
- Stéphane Grappelli, French jazz violinist (1908–1997)
- Stéphane Sessègnon, Beninese footballer
- Stéphane Mbia, Cameroonian and French professional footballer
- Stéphane Ruffier, French footballer (born 1986)
- Stéphane Guivarc'h, French footballer (born 1970)
- Stéphane Séjourné, French politician (born 1985)
- Stéphane Peterhansel, French racecar driver and motorcycle rider
- Stéphane Lannoy, French football referee
- Stéphane Dion, Canadian politician
- Stéphane Demol, Belgian association football player and coach (1966–2023)

## 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.