STEPHEN is ranked as the 65th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 845,260.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 265.09 people named STEPHEN for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named STEPHEN is 711,659.
The SSA data also shows that STEPHEN is used as a boy's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
STEPHEN is
81.3% White,
3.5% Hispanic origin,
11.0% Black,
2.2% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name STEPHEN have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name STEPHEN is included in the following name categories:
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Biblical surname
German masculine given name
Bulgarian masculine given name
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
English masculine given name
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name STEPHEN
The state with the most people named
STEPHEN is
California where
110,279 people have this name.
Vermont is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named STEPHEN, as
439.19 in every 100,000
Vermontians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Vermont is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
North Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name STEPHEN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
21,304
165.4
99.8%
Indiana
13,688
207.49
99.7%
Iowa
7,313
235.36
99.6%
Kansas
4,121
141.9
99.0%
Michigan
29,503
297.72
99.9%
Minnesota
15,091
276.53
99.8%
Missouri
3,650
121.89
99.1%
Nebraska
2,004
106.5
98.1%
North Dakota
370
50.02
92.8%
Ohio
20,454
176.42
99.7%
South Dakota
478
55.97
94.0%
Wisconsin
13,397
232.69
99.7%
West States
State stats for the first name STEPHEN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
1,529
207.55
98.1%
Arizona
11,151
165.66
99.6%
California
110,279
284.21
100.0%
Colorado
10,643
198.72
99.6%
Hawaii
3,426
241.32
99.8%
Idaho
2,163
132.32
98.5%
Montana
1,318
128.75
97.4%
Nevada
4,421
155.7
99.4%
New Mexico
4,186
200.72
99.2%
Oregon
7,394
186.23
99.5%
Utah
4,149
140.98
99.1%
Washington
23,580
333.93
99.9%
Wyoming
690
118.13
96.1%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name STEPHEN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
10,059
279.68
99.8%
Maine
4,288
322.42
99.4%
Massachusetts
25,117
372.35
99.9%
New Hampshire
4,849
365.49
99.5%
New Jersey
25,644
286.9
99.9%
New York
83,549
423.12
100.0%
Pennsylvania
31,158
243.66
99.8%
Rhode Island
3,691
349.83
99.5%
Vermont
2,752
439.19
99.5%
South States
State stats for the first name STEPHEN
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have STEPHEN as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named STEPHEN.
The most popular full name is STEPHEN Smith.
0.96% of all the people named STEPHEN
have this family name.
There are 56632 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name STEPHEN