Stein
Stein is a name with a single cultural origin: Norwegian.
- Norwegian
Meaning & Origin of Stein
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Stein is a name with a single cultural origin: Norwegian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Norwegian
The Story of Stein
Stein first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1960, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1965: 8 births, good for #2,982 nationwide. About 44% of every Stein on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Stein last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 108 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Stein
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Stein. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Stein
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About the name Stein
Stein is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1960 and has accumulated 108 births in the dataset. Stein's peak popularity came in 1965 when it ranked #2,982. Use the chart and map above to compare Stein'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.