# Stevens (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/stevens/  
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 | 1,306 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,306 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Steven + -s (patronymic suffix).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 9 | 7,746 |
| 2004 | 9 | 8,068 |
| 2005 | 11 | 7,037 |
| 2006 | 12 | 6,850 |
| 2007 | 9 | 8,825 |
| 2008 | 6 | 12,350 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9,736 |
| 2010 | 6 | 12,000 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10,610 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,539 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13,785 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,950 |
| 2022 | 5 | 14,066 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,629 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13,981 |

## People named Stevens

- Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-born inventor (1840-1916)
- John Stevens Henslow, British botanist, priest and geologist (1796-1861)
- John Stevens Cabot Abbott, American historian, pastor, and author (1805-1877)
- Abram Stevens Hewitt, American politician, lawyer and businessman (1822–1903)
- Stevens Thomson Mason, American politician (1760-1803)
- Stevens T. Mason, American politician (1811-1843)
- Jon Corzine, American politician in New Jersey (born 1947)
- Carleton S. Coon, American anthropologist
- Daniel S. Dickinson, American politician, lawyer and postmaster (1800-1866)

## 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.