Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Stefan” in the USA?

Number of people named “Stefan” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Stefan” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Stefan” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Stefan” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Stefan” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Stefan” by birth year

This chart shows how “Stefan” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1910 7 0.00001185 7 -100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 -100%
1913 9 0.000007915 9 -100%
1914 8 0.000005648 8 -100%
1915 12 0.000006549 12 -100%
1916 13 0.00000672 13 -100%
1917 20 0.000009966 20 -100%
1918 22 0.000010133 22 -100%
1919 12 0.000005687 12 -100%
1920 20 0.000008839 20 -100%
1921 10 0.000004284 10 -100%
1922 8 0.000003495 8 -100%
1923 9 0.000003909 9 -100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 -100%
1925 8 0.000003429 8 -100%
1926 14 0.000006098 14 -100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 -100%
1928 6 0.000002654 6 -100%
1929 8 0.000003649 8 -100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 -100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 -100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 -100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 -100%
1936 12 0.000005776 12 -100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 -100%
1938 15 0.000006779 15 -100%
1939 16 0.000007261 16 -100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 -100%
1942 22 0.000008053 22 -100%
1943 18 0.000006377 18 -100%
1944 28 0.000010409 28 -100%
1945 21 0.000007916 21 -100%
1946 23 0.000007198 23 -100%
1947 41 0.000011382 41 -100%
1948 40 0.000011586 40 -100%
1949 53 0.000015209 53 -100%
1950 53 0.000015128 53 -100%
1951 60 0.000016288 60 -100%
1952 60 0.000015798 60 -100%
1953 59 0.00001531 59 -100%
1954 62 0.000015575 62 -100%
1955 57 0.000014196 57 -100%
1956 87 0.000021101 87 -100%
1957 63 0.000014992 63 -100%
1958 57 0.000013788 57 -100%
1959 94 0.000022607 94 -100%
1960 134 0.00003226 134 -100%
1961 154 0.000037177 154 -100%
1962 178 0.00004411 178 -100%
1963 183 0.000046233 183 -100%
1964 137 0.00003524 137 -100%
1965 155 0.000042753 155 -100%
1966 141 0.000040568 141 -100%
1967 177 0.000052137 177 -100%
1968 165 0.000048839 165 -100%
1969 217 0.00006244 217 -100%
1970 323 0.00008956 323 -100%
1971 257 0.000074876 257 -100%
1972 257 0.000081769 257 -100%
1973 252 0.00008353 252 -100%
1974 220 0.000072368 220 -100%
1975 220 0.000072862 220 -100%
1976 208 0.00006855 208 -100%
1977 232 0.000073036 5 227 -96%
1978 219 0.000069001 219 -100%
1979 204 0.000061317 204 -100%
1980 235 0.000068225 235 -100%
1981 228 0.000065908 228 -100%
1982 255 0.000072692 255 -100%
1983 256 0.000073917 256 -100%
1984 339 0.000097169 339 -100%
1985 436 0.000122159 13 423 -94%
1986 498 0.000140003 7 491 -97%
1987 520 0.00014422 6 514 -98%
1988 607 0.000164274 607 -100%
1989 673 0.000175058 5 668 -99%
1990 638 0.000161418 638 -100%
1991 725 0.000186123 6 719 -98%
1992 614 0.000159843 614 -100%
1993 601 0.000159405 601 -100%
1994 588 0.000158164 588 -100%
1995 530 0.000144724 530 -100%
1996 454 0.000124479 454 -100%
1997 503 0.00013873 503 -100%
1998 390 0.00010603 390 -100%
1999 362 0.000098 362 -100%
2000 360 0.000095241 360 -100%
2001 304 0.00008121 304 -100%
2002 283 0.000075703 283 -100%
2003 274 0.000072061 274 -100%
2004 227 0.00005941 227 -100%
2005 241 0.000062681 241 -100%
2006 223 0.000056367 223 -100%
2007 212 0.000053031 212 -100%
2008 193 0.000049101 193 -100%
2009 202 0.000052877 202 -100%
2010 240 0.00006494 240 -100%
2011 238 0.000065067 238 -100%
2012 217 0.000059332 217 -100%
2013 256 0.00007022 256 -100%
2014 260 0.000070149 260 -100%
2015 293 0.00007917 293 -100%
2016 264 0.00007196 264 -100%
2017 313 0.000087523 313 -100%
2018 249 0.000070821 249 -100%
2019 258 0.000074332 258 -100%
2020 257 0.000076933 257 -100%
2021 257 0.000075857 257 -100%
2022 239 0.000070645 239 -100%
2023 234 0.000070669 234 -100%
2024 225 0.000067598 225 -100%

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