Stefan
Stefan is a masculine given name, a form of the English name Stephen.
- German
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
Meaning & Origin of Stefan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Stefan is a masculine given name, a form of the English name Stephen.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
- Dutch
- Polish
- Bulgarian
- Serbian
- Macedonian
- Slovak
- Slovene
- Romanian
- Icelandic
The Story of Stefan
Stefan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1910, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1991: 719 births, good for #339 nationwide. About 25% of every Stefan on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Stefan ranks #1,021 for baby boys with 218 births, gradually falling (-15%). All told, over 21K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Stefan
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Stefan. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Stefan
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About the name Stefan
Stefan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1910 and has accumulated 21K births in the dataset. Stefan's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #339. Use the chart and map above to compare Stefan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.