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How popular is the name Stephan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Stephans are alive today.
Stephan (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Steffan in England and Wales, ranked 3256th in 2025 and given to 6 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1996, when 33 babies were given the name, the 526th most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2025 figure is roughly 18% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Steffan you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old. Half of all Steffans born in England and Wales are between 16 and 32, and there are at least 2,500 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Steffan - on average, only one in every 122 such rooms contains a Steffan.
How many babies are named Stephan each year?
Includes all spellings: Stephan, Steffan. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Stephan spelling rank?
Where does the Steffan spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Stephan most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Steffan, peaked in 1996, when 114 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Stephan spelling itself peaked in 1996, with 33 babies.
How many people are called Stephan?
At least 2,500 people named Stephan in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Stephan?
Most living Stephans are between 16 and 32; the most common age is about 31.
Is Stephan becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1996 peak.