# Steven (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/steven/  
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 | “crown”, “wreath”, “to put round”, “to surround” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈstiːvən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Steve |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,297,590 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,293,124 / 4,466 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7,001, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Stevene, Steven, from Anglo-Norman Estievne, Estievene, from Latin Stephanus, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown, wreath”), from στέφω (stéphō, “to put round, to surround”).

## What it means

Steven is grouped under crown.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 23 | 4,644 |
| 1998 | 18 | 5,772 |
| 1999 | 20 | 5,399 |
| 2000 | 17 | 6,446 |
| 2001 | 14 | 7,670 |
| 2002 | 15 | 7,395 |
| 2003 | 8 | 12,266 |
| 2004 | 25 | 5,196 |
| 2005 | 9 | 11,727 |
| 2006 | 9 | 12,304 |
| 2007 | 9 | 12,556 |
| 2008 | 10 | 11,498 |
| 2009 | 9 | 12,327 |
| 2013 | 5 | 18,939 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,552 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,212 | 124 |
| 2012 | 3,241 | 112 |
| 2013 | 2,889 | 134 |
| 2014 | 2,809 | 144 |
| 2015 | 2,715 | 153 |
| 2016 | 2,401 | 167 |
| 2017 | 2,168 | 182 |
| 2018 | 2,045 | 198 |
| 2019 | 1,981 | 199 |
| 2020 | 1,681 | 222 |
| 2021 | 1,514 | 235 |
| 2022 | 1,351 | 256 |
| 2023 | 1,396 | 251 |
| 2024 | 1,291 | 268 |
| 2025 | 1,261 | 271 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 148 | 298 |
| 2012 | 133 | 332 |
| 2013 | 105 | 388 |
| 2014 | 92 | 438 |
| 2015 | 105 | 403 |
| 2016 | 83 | 486 |
| 2017 | 81 | 495 |
| 2018 | 65 | 572 |
| 2019 | 68 | 552 |
| 2020 | 57 | 619 |
| 2021 | 41 | 790 |
| 2022 | 43 | 758 |
| 2023 | 40 | 814 |
| 2024 | 41 | 800 |
| 2025 | 31 | 976 |

## People named Steven

- Steven Spielberg, American filmmaker (born 1946)
- Steven Seagal, American actor, martial artist, and film producer
- Steven Gerrard, English association football player and manager (born 1980)
- Steven Weinberg, American theoretical physicist (1933-2021)
- Steven Soderbergh, American filmmaker (born 1963)
- Steven Chu, American physicist, former United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel laureate
- Steven Tyler, American singer
- Steven Pinker, Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionar
- Steven Pruitt, American Wikipedia editor with most edits
- Steven Nzonzi, French footballer (born 1988)
- Steven Wilson, English musician, songwriter and record producer
- Steven R. McQueen, American actor

## 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.