Stefan Boy
How popular is Stefan?
#1,021 boy name in 2025
219 baby boys were named Stefan in the US in 2025, making it the 1021st most popular boy name.
Stefan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,021 for boys (▼ 28 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 219 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-25% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #796 in 2015, #879 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1991 (719 boys) |
| Highest rank | #339 in 1991 |
| First recorded | 1910 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Stefan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Stephen family of names ranked #285 for boys in 2025 (#271 the year before), with 1,217 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen | 829 | 68% |
| Stefan | 219 | 18% |
| Stephan | 86 | 7% |
| Stephon | 46 | 4% |
| Stefon | 16 | 1% |
| Stefen | 8 | 1% |
| Steffen | 5 | 0% |
| Steffan | 8 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Stefan is most popular
Babies named Stefan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Illinois: 0.3 per 1,000 (85 boys)
- Washington: 0.3 per 1,000 (52 boys)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (115 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (47 boys)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (91 boys)
Stefan by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 115 | #1,313 |
| 1920s | 103 | #1,747 |
| 1930s | 78 | #1,712 |
| 1940s | 262 | #945 |
| 1950s | 651 | #790 |
| 1960s | 1,642 | #533 |
| 1970s | 2,387 | #454 |
| 1980s | 4,016 | #345 |
| 1990s | 5,399 | #339 |
| 2000s | 2,520 | #571 |
| 2010s | 2,590 | #750 |
| 2020s | 1,432 | #879 |
Boy names about as popular as Stefan
Questions
- Is Stefan a boy or girl name?
- Stefan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Stefan were boys.
- How popular is the name Stefan?
- 219 baby boys were named Stefan in the US in 2025, making it the 1021st most popular boy name.
- When was Stefan most popular?
- Stefan peaked in 1991, when 719 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #339 in 1991.
- How many people are named Stefan?
- 21,237 babies have been named Stefan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 19,694 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 34.
- Where is Stefan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Stefan was most common in Illinois, at 0.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.