boy's name

Steffan

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 2,804

Scotland

#393

1994 births

Steffan is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1994, when 73 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 414,422 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1950.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Steffan over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

456
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Steffan by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 32
1960s 121
1970s 139
1980s 380
1990s 456
2000s 135
2010s 100
2020s (to 2025) 42

How popular is Steffan?

In 2025, Steffan was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Steffan is used

Scotland #393 3 in 1994
Ireland #395 3 in 1996
England & Wales #1,422 19 in 2025
Canada #2,857 5 in 2009
United States #9,143 8 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.

Names that peaked alongside Steffan

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

Parents who like Steffan also like

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

Steffan 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
German
Stephan
Italian
Stefano
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

Sibling names for Steffan

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

Common questions about Steffan

How popular is the name Steffan?

In 2025, Steffan was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Steffan is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Steffan?

Steffan has 2 syllables.

When was Steffan most popular?

Steffan peaked in 1994, when 73 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Steffan a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Steffan currently ranks #1,422 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.