# Stephon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/stephon/  
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 | 8,822 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,808 / 14 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Variant of 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 9 | 8,316 |
| 1995 | 5 | 15,446 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 132 | 1,304 |
| 2012 | 125 | 1,357 |
| 2013 | 85 | 1,730 |
| 2014 | 103 | 1,558 |
| 2015 | 108 | 1,530 |
| 2016 | 113 | 1,511 |
| 2017 | 90 | 1,733 |
| 2018 | 94 | 1,686 |
| 2019 | 76 | 1,949 |
| 2020 | 75 | 1,945 |
| 2021 | 80 | 1,912 |
| 2022 | 68 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 61 | 2,312 |
| 2024 | 53 | 2,552 |
| 2025 | 46 | 2,790 |

## People named Stephon

- Stephon Marbury, American basketball player (born 1977)
- Stephon Castle, American basketball player (born 2004)
- Stephon Gilmore, American football player (born 1990)

## 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.