as a First Name
Usual English spelling of the name of the first Christian martyr (Acts 6–7), whose feast is accordingly celebrated next after Christ's own (26 December). His name is derived from the Greek word stephanos ‘garland, crown’.
| 54th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 751,164
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 839,853
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Stephen per capita
- 1951
- marked the height of its popularity
0.08%
99.92%
33%
55+
55+
42%
30-54
30-54
17%
13-29
13-29
8%
0-12
0-12
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