Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Steve” in the USA?

Number of people named “Steve” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Steve” 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 “Steve” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Steve” by birth year

This chart shows how “Steve” 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
1880 52 0.000258085 52 -100%
1881 44 0.000228348 44 -100%
1882 63 0.000284382 63 -100%
1883 62 0.000285785 62 -100%
1884 66 0.000271091 66 -100%
1885 60 0.000249114 60 -100%
1886 70 0.00027417 70 -100%
1887 54 0.000218277 54 -100%
1888 83 0.000277153 83 -100%
1889 64 0.000221495 64 -100%
1890 66 0.000218977 66 -100%
1891 56 0.000195345 56 -100%
1892 68 0.000203365 68 -100%
1893 73 0.000224461 73 -100%
1894 80 0.000236204 80 -100%
1895 71 0.000202268 71 -100%
1896 94 0.000262949 94 -100%
1897 79 0.000227694 79 -100%
1898 87 0.000228074 87 -100%
1899 78 0.00022993 78 -100%
1900 139 0.000308712 139 -100%
1901 76 0.000219773 76 -100%
1902 92 0.00023789 92 -100%
1903 127 0.000333158 127 -100%
1904 123 0.000304844 123 -100%
1905 126 0.000297224 126 -100%
1906 131 0.000305753 131 -100%
1907 157 0.000337351 157 -100%
1908 149 0.000304922 149 -100%
1909 187 0.000365789 187 -100%
1910 245 0.000414754 245 -100%
1911 255 0.000395792 255 -100%
1912 548 0.000554621 5 543 -98%
1913 661 0.000581298 661 -100%
1914 1003 0.000708161 5 998 -99%
1915 1335 0.000728542 1335 -100%
1916 1399 0.000723215 1399 -100%
1917 1396 0.000695652 11 1385 -98%
1918 1528 0.000703787 5 1523 -99%
1919 1301 0.000616516 7 1294 -99%
1920 1281 0.000566152 1281 -100%
1921 1300 0.000556863 6 1294 -99%
1922 1274 0.000556537 5 1269 -99%
1923 1261 0.00054767 6 1255 -99%
1924 1227 0.000515198 8 1219 -99%
1925 1152 0.000493721 7 1145 -99%
1926 1061 0.000462127 9 1052 -98%
1927 1041 0.000448831 14 1027 -97%
1928 939 0.000415314 14 925 -97%
1929 894 0.000407817 7 887 -98%
1930 869 0.000390863 7 862 -98%
1931 794 0.000377307 8 786 -98%
1932 780 0.000369442 780 -100%
1933 728 0.000364101 728 -100%
1934 771 0.000371241 771 -100%
1935 773 0.000369874 773 -100%
1936 747 0.000359553 6 741 -98%
1937 853 0.000400344 7 846 -98%
1938 1077 0.000486763 1077 -100%
1939 1214 0.000550956 6 1208 -99%
1940 1561 0.000677904 6 1555 -99%
1941 1886 0.000774085 5 1881 -99%
1942 2385 0.000873045 9 2376 -99%
1943 2695 0.000954807 11 2684 -99%
1944 2847 0.001058333 11 2836 -99%
1945 3394 0.00127935 10 3384 -99%
1946 4576 0.0014321 8 4568 -100%
1947 6239 0.001731938 8 6231 -100%
1948 5755 0.001666899 14 5741 -100%
1949 5039 0.001446004 12 5027 -100%
1950 4221 0.001204844 14 4207 -99%
1951 4069 0.001104584 16 4053 -99%
1952 4329 0.001139809 16 4313 -99%
1953 4548 0.001180182 9 4539 -100%
1954 5079 0.001275904 17 5062 -99%
1955 5526 0.001376311 16 5510 -99%
1956 6499 0.001576265 25 6474 -99%
1957 8943 0.0021282 35 8908 -99%
1958 10112 0.002446114 30 10082 -99%
1959 11094 0.002668115 27 11067 -100%
1960 10667 0.002568001 21 10646 -100%
1961 10024 0.002419911 26 9998 -99%
1962 9176 0.002273892 24 9152 -99%
1963 8079 0.002041079 28 8051 -99%
1964 7108 0.001828375 17 7091 -100%
1965 5696 0.001571116 11 5685 -100%
1966 4644 0.001336151 27 4617 -99%
1967 3921 0.001154969 13 3908 -99%
1968 3429 0.001014974 20 3409 -99%
1969 3076 0.000885098 13 3063 -99%
1970 2947 0.000817133 15 2932 -99%
1971 2386 0.00069515 14 2372 -99%
1972 1860 0.000591792 15 1845 -98%
1973 1522 0.000504494 10 1512 -99%
1974 1457 0.000479276 12 1445 -98%
1975 1399 0.000463338 16 1383 -98%
1976 1422 0.000468642 15 1407 -98%
1977 1281 0.000403275 12 1269 -98%
1978 1245 0.000392266 10 1235 -98%
1979 1264 0.000379922 10 1254 -98%
1980 1229 0.0003568 11 1218 -98%
1981 1124 0.000324914 8 1116 -99%
1982 1037 0.000295613 12 1025 -98%
1983 1069 0.000308662 6 1063 -99%
1984 1050 0.000300967 9 1041 -98%
1985 998 0.000279622 9 989 -98%
1986 999 0.000280849 10 989 -98%
1987 1012 0.000280673 8 1004 -98%
1988 971 0.000262784 22 949 -95%
1989 1005 0.000261416 8 997 -98%
1990 1015 0.000256801 8 1007 -98%
1991 905 0.000232333 9 896 -98%
1992 887 0.000230913 5 882 -99%
1993 837 0.000221999 6 831 -99%
1994 714 0.000192057 714 -100%
1995 754 0.00020589 754 -100%
1996 649 0.000177945 649 -100%
1997 627 0.00017293 627 -100%
1998 640 0.000173998 5 635 -98%
1999 660 0.000178675 660 -100%
2000 649 0.000171697 649 -100%
2001 624 0.000166694 624 -100%
2002 545 0.000145789 545 -100%
2003 563 0.000148068 563 -100%
2004 484 0.000126671 484 -100%
2005 475 0.000123542 475 -100%
2006 472 0.000119307 472 -100%
2007 448 0.000112065 448 -100%
2008 422 0.000107361 422 -100%
2009 415 0.000108634 415 -100%
2010 279 0.000075492 279 -100%
2011 324 0.000088578 324 -100%
2012 303 0.000082846 303 -100%
2013 242 0.00006638 242 -100%
2014 256 0.00006907 256 -100%
2015 224 0.000060526 224 -100%
2016 205 0.000055878 205 -100%
2017 189 0.000052849 189 -100%
2018 167 0.000047499 167 -100%
2019 159 0.000045809 159 -100%
2020 148 0.000044304 148 -100%
2021 135 0.000039847 135 -100%
2022 122 0.000036061 122 -100%
2023 114 0.000034429 114 -100%
2024 99 0.000029743 99 -100%

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