Steven
Top 1000
About Steven
Steven, the phonetic and now predominant spelling of the classier Stephen, has finally dropped out of the Top 100 after seventy years. Steve has become one of the ultimate regular-guy names, right up there with Dave and Joe. and there have been innumerable pop-culture role models among its bearers--from Steven Spielberg to Steven Soderbergh to Steve Jobs.
Pronounced STEE-vun.
As of October 2026, Steven ranked #271 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #10 in 1961, Nameberry popularity #524.
Editor's take: The name Steven is a boy's name of English origin meaning "garland, crown".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #144 | 2,809 | 1,462.4 |
| 2015 | #153 | 2,715 | 1,416.5 |
| 2016 | #167 | 2,400 | 1,264.7 |
| 2017 | #182 | 2,167 | 1,170.7 |
| 2018 | #198 | 2,044 | 1,125.5 |
| 2019 | #200 | 1,978 | 1,102.4 |
| 2020 | #222 | 1,679 | 972.7 |
| 2021 | #235 | 1,512 | 864.3 |
| 2022 | #256 | 1,350 | 773.2 |
| 2023 | #251 | 1,394 | 814.9 |
| 2024 | #269 | 1,284 | 745.3 |
| 2025 | #271 | 1,261 | 738.3 |
World rankings
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Steven on lists
Famous Stevens
- Steven Gregory Drozd
multi,instrumentalist in The Flaming Lips
- Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs
American co,founder of Apple, Inc.
- Steven Tyler (born Steven Victor Tallarico)
American singer of band Aerosmith
- Steven Allan Spielberg
American film producer and director
- Steven Chu
U.S. secretary of energy and Nobel Prize winner
- Steven Andrew Soderbergh
American film director
- Steven Rodney "Steve" McQueen
American film director
- Steven Anthony "Steve" Ballmer
American former CEO of Microsoft
- Steven John "Steve" Carell
American actor/comedian
- Steven Curtis Chapman
American Christian singer,songwriter
- Steven Randall "Randy" Jackson
singer of The Jackson 5
- Steven Frederic Seagal
American actor
- Steven George Gerrard
English footballer
- Terence Steven "Steve" McQueen
American actor
- Steven Harland "Steve" Miller
American singer,songwriter
- Steven Lee "Luke" Lukather
American musician of band Toto
- Steven Siro "Steve" Vai
American singer,songwriter
- Steven James Anderson
birth name of American pro wrestler "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
- Broderick Steven "Steve" Harvey
American comedian and TV host
- Steven Cavarno
American actor; twin brother Andrew Cavarno
- Steven Weinberg
American theoretical physicist & Nobel prize winner
- Steven Charles Shields
Canadian ice hockey player
- Steven Cabral
American actor
- Steven Best
American animal rights advocate
- Steven Alan Avery
subject of the documentary "Making a Murderer"
- Steven Yeun (born Yeun Sang
yeop), Korean,American actor
- Steven Blake Crowder
American political commentator
- Steven N'Kemboanza Mike N'Zonzi
French professional footballer
- Steven Patrick Morrissey
english indie singer and frontman of the Smiths
Steven in pop culture
- Steven
main character in short story "Point Blank" by author Justine Avery
- Steven Hyde
character on TV's "That 70s Show"
- Steven Floyd Torkelson
character on TV's "The Torkelsons"
- Steven Filmore
character in 'Torment' by Lauren Kate
- Steven Fraser
character in movie "Cyberbully"
- Steven Crain
character in "The Haunting of Hill House"
- Steven H. Price
character in "House on Haunted Hill"
- Steven Stone
character in Pokémon video games
- Steven Freeling
character in the Poltergeist series
- Steven
character created by rocker Alice Cooper
- Steven "Steve" Rogers aka Captain America
Marvel comics character
- Steven Rockwell "Steve" Trevor
DC comics character
- Steven Mcgarrett
Hawaii Five,0
- Estevan "Steven" Tilpec Two Two
character in Barbara Kingsolver's book "The Bean Trees"
- "Steven Quartz Universe
" character from animated series of the same name aired on Cartoon Network
- Steven Kodaly
supporting character in musical "She Loves Me"
- Steven Hiller
character in the 1996 film "Independence Day" Captain Steven Hiller, a Marine F/A,18 pilot
- Steven "Steve" Quincy Urkel
character on the ABC TGIF sitcom "Family Matters"
- Steven Conklin
character in Jenny Han's "The Summer I Turned Pretty"