Stephen Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Stephen: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 864,739 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

864,739

Peak year

1952 #21

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-26.4%

In the 1950s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	1,579	#229
2012	1,568	#225
2013	1,452	#252
2014	1,452	#257
2015	1,497	#246
2016	1,379	#265
2017	1,334	#270
2018	1,246	#283
2019	1,095	#310
2020	1,024	#322
2021	958	#342
2022	919	#358
2023	898	#363
2024	870	#375
2025	829	#383

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1952

2,389

1,968

1,523

1,515

1,233

1,156

Names from the same era

Thomas · 1952 Gary · 1952 Dennis · 1952 Lawrence · 1952 Gordon · 1952 Leslie · 1952 Donnie · 1952 Randolph · 1952 Laurence · 1952 Denis · 1952

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