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How popular is “Steven” in the USA?

Number of people named “Steven” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Steven” by birth year

This chart shows how “Steven” 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 17 0.000084374 17 -100%
1881 15 0.000077846 15 -100%
1882 22 0.000099308 22 -100%
1883 13 0.000059923 13 -100%
1884 20 0.000082149 20 -100%
1885 21 0.00008719 21 -100%
1886 20 0.000078334 20 -100%
1887 15 0.000060633 15 -100%
1888 20 0.000066784 20 -100%
1889 14 0.000048452 14 -100%
1890 20 0.000066357 20 -100%
1891 18 0.000062789 18 -100%
1892 21 0.000062804 21 -100%
1893 20 0.000061496 20 -100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 -100%
1895 16 0.000045581 16 -100%
1896 17 0.000047555 17 -100%
1897 17 0.000048997 17 -100%
1898 26 0.00006816 26 -100%
1899 18 0.000053061 18 -100%
1900 42 0.00009328 42 -100%
1901 24 0.000069402 24 -100%
1902 32 0.000082744 32 -100%
1903 25 0.000065582 25 -100%
1904 25 0.00006196 25 -100%
1905 25 0.000058973 25 -100%
1906 34 0.000079356 34 -100%
1907 36 0.000077354 36 -100%
1908 40 0.000081858 40 -100%
1909 55 0.000107585 55 -100%
1910 66 0.00011173 66 -100%
1911 74 0.000114857 74 -100%
1912 151 0.000152824 151 -100%
1913 177 0.000155658 177 -100%
1914 253 0.000178629 253 -100%
1915 298 0.000162626 298 -100%
1916 367 0.000189721 367 -100%
1917 385 0.000191852 385 -100%
1918 378 0.000174104 378 -100%
1919 381 0.000180548 381 -100%
1920 418 0.00018474 418 -100%
1921 430 0.000184193 430 -100%
1922 395 0.000172553 395 -100%
1923 347 0.000150707 347 -100%
1924 321 0.000134783 321 -100%
1925 398 0.000170574 398 -100%
1926 348 0.000151574 348 -100%
1927 336 0.000144868 336 -100%
1928 350 0.000154803 350 -100%
1929 296 0.000135027 296 -100%
1930 311 0.000139883 311 -100%
1931 292 0.000138758 292 -100%
1932 325 0.000153934 325 -100%
1933 296 0.000148041 296 -100%
1934 322 0.000155045 322 -100%
1935 409 0.000195703 409 -100%
1936 443 0.000213229 443 -100%
1937 534 0.000250625 534 -100%
1938 772 0.000348915 772 -100%
1939 1130 0.000512834 1130 -100%
1940 1569 0.000681378 1569 -100%
1941 2476 0.001016243 8 2468 -99%
1942 3516 0.001287055 11 3505 -99%
1943 4281 0.001516709 14 4267 -99%
1944 5123 0.001904405 10 5113 -100%
1945 5986 0.00225639 12 5974 -100%
1946 8900 0.002785335 22 8878 -100%
1947 13548 0.003760908 19 13529 -100%
1948 15999 0.004634009 20 15979 -100%
1949 19954 0.00572605 31 19923 -100%
1950 23290 0.006647908 40 23250 -100%
1951 28402 0.007710101 39 28363 -100%
1952 32086 0.008448119 49 32037 -100%
1953 33786 0.008767286 62 33724 -100%
1954 36684 0.009215446 54 36630 -100%
1955 37885 0.009435678 44 37841 -100%
1956 38488 0.009334867 78 38410 -100%
1957 36913 0.008784328 69 36844 -100%
1958 33043 0.007993171 80 32963 -100%
1959 33691 0.008102709 96 33595 -99%
1960 33971 0.008178265 96 33875 -99%
1961 32347 0.007808945 74 32273 -100%
1962 30770 0.007625071 84 30686 -99%
1963 29397 0.007426861 75 29322 -99%
1964 29804 0.007666417 95 29709 -99%
1965 28067 0.007741662 90 27977 -99%
1966 27799 0.007998205 100 27699 -99%
1967 27137 0.007993468 107 27030 -99%
1968 25605 0.007579003 112 25493 -99%
1969 26658 0.007670654 123 26535 -99%
1970 26922 0.007464826 127 26795 -99%
1971 23810 0.006936928 127 23683 -99%
1972 19958 0.006349996 105 19853 -99%
1973 17268 0.005723781 91 17177 -99%
1974 17756 0.005840791 89 17667 -99%
1975 17160 0.00568326 106 17054 -99%
1976 16744 0.005518241 92 16652 -99%
1977 16597 0.005224943 108 16489 -99%
1978 16500 0.005198701 109 16391 -99%
1979 16472 0.004951007 137 16335 -98%
1980 16030 0.004653788 111 15919 -99%
1981 16579 0.004792484 95 16484 -99%
1982 17265 0.004921661 117 17148 -99%
1983 18442 0.005324919 131 18311 -99%
1984 18346 0.00525861 127 18219 -99%
1985 18873 0.005287873 145 18728 -98%
1986 18224 0.005123306 125 18099 -99%
1987 17883 0.004959765 114 17769 -99%
1988 17987 0.004867873 123 17864 -99%
1989 19009 0.004944535 80 18929 -99%
1990 18832 0.004764606 69 18763 -99%
1991 16906 0.004340141 45 16861 -99%
1992 15092 0.003928906 52 15040 -99%
1993 13518 0.003585411 45 13473 -99%
1994 12127 0.003262004 39 12088 -99%
1995 10680 0.002916316 20 10660 -100%
1996 9675 0.002652724 26 9649 -99%
1997 8789 0.002424051 23 8766 -99%
1998 8133 0.002211132 18 8115 -100%
1999 7709 0.002086973 20 7689 -99%
2000 7379 0.001952166 17 7362 -100%
2001 6603 0.001763909 14 6589 -100%
2002 6237 0.001668409 15 6222 -100%
2003 5868 0.001543269 8 5860 -100%
2004 5381 0.001408298 25 5356 -99%
2005 5088 0.00132333 9 5079 -100%
2006 4832 0.001221377 9 4823 -100%
2007 4565 0.001141911 9 4556 -100%
2008 4238 0.001078189 10 4228 -100%
2009 3842 0.001005713 9 3833 -100%
2010 3436 0.000929719 3436 -100%
2011 3211 0.000877852 3211 -100%
2012 3240 0.000885883 3240 -100%
2013 2894 0.000793819 5 2889 -100%
2014 2809 0.000757883 2809 -100%
2015 2715 0.000733603 2715 -100%
2016 2405 0.000655546 5 2400 -100%
2017 2167 0.000605951 2167 -100%
2018 2044 0.000581359 2044 -100%
2019 1978 0.000569876 1978 -100%
2020 1679 0.000502608 1679 -100%
2021 1512 0.000446288 1512 -100%
2022 1350 0.000399038 1350 -100%
2023 1394 0.000420996 1394 -100%
2024 1284 0.000385759 1284 -100%

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