boy's name

Stefano

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 5,366

Scotland

#353

1993 births

Stefano is a boy's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 52 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 1993, when 90 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 63,759 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1914.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Stefano over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'10 '20 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Stefano by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 18
1920s 10
1950s 35
1960s 155
1970s 223
1980s 378
1990s 734
2000s 686
2010s 570
2020s (to 2025) 341

How popular is Stefano?

In 2025, Stefano was given to 52 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Stefano is used

Scotland #353 4 in 1993
Ireland #372 3 in 1995
Canada #1,640 13 in 2024
United States #2,554 52 in 2025
England & Wales #3,428 6 in 2025
France #5,692 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Stefano is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Stéfano Stéfano is a rare spelling of Stefano, written with an acute accent and recorded about 20 times, mostly in France. 20

Names that peaked alongside Stefano

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Stefano also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Stefano over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Stefano in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Ancient Greek
Stefanos
Catalan
Esteve
German
Stephan
Russian
Stepan
Ukrainian
Stepan
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Stephen Steeve Stevan Stefen Stephano Estefano

Sibling names for Stefano

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Stefano — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Stefano

How popular is the name Stefano?

In 2025, Stefano was given to 52 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Stefano a girl's or a boy's name?

Stefano is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Stefano?

Stefano has 3 syllables.

When was Stefano most popular?

Stefano peaked in 1993, when 90 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Stefano a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Stefano currently ranks #1,640 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.