Steve Name Popularity

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How popular is Steve?

In 2018 the uncommon name Steve, ranked the 1,162nd Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Steve is currently less popular.

Position 41, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1959 with 11,068 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Steve was 44 in 1881.

Steve, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1897-1900, 1904-1916, 1937-1947, and 1955-1959, whereas 1923-1927, 1962-1973, 1979-1982, 2007-2010, and 2014-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

The popularity trend for Steve has been spiralling downward for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Steve lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Steve?

Steve's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Steve is still rare and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Steve is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Steve (Girl)		Steve (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	164	1,162
2017		< 5	--	187	1,060
2016		< 5	--	205	991
2015		< 5	--	224	939
2014		< 5	--	257	861
2013		< 5	--	242	874
2012		< 5	--	303	755
2011		< 5	--	324	707
2010		< 5	--	279	786
2009		< 5	--	415	611
2008		< 5	--	422	595
2007		< 5	--	447	576
2006		< 5	--	470	536
2005		< 5	--	475	519
2004		< 5	--	484	506
2003		< 5	--	562	446
2002		< 5	--	544	452
2001		< 5	--	624	401
2000		< 5	--	649	394
1999		< 5	--	660	390
1998		5	16,287	635	390
1997		< 5	--	627	386
1996		< 5	--	649	369
1995		< 5	--	753	334
1994		< 5	--	714	345
1993		6	13,223	831	319
1992		5	15,296	882	303
1991		9	9,258	894	290
1990		8	10,072	1,005	267
1989		8	9,567	994	256
1988		22	4,151	949	248
1987		8	8,667	1,003	234
1986		10	7,061	990	235
1985		9	7,483	989	235
1984		9	7,333	1,041	218
1983		6	10,109	1,063	215
1982		12	5,862	1,024	229
1981		8	8,041	1,118	220
1980		11	6,268	1,223	201
1979		10	6,628	1,257	193
1978		10	6,328	1,237	193
1977		12	5,490	1,269	182
1976		15	4,323	1,408	167
1975		16	4,105	1,385	170
1974		12	4,979	1,446	167
1973		10	5,524	1,513	160
1972		15	4,061	1,851	143
1971		14	4,280	2,372	131
1970		15	4,016	2,936	113
1969		13	4,154	3,071	98
1968		20	2,957	3,411	89
1967		13	3,820	3,911	79
1966		26	2,401	4,619	67
1965		11	4,171	5,688	55
1964		17	3,220	7,091	51
1963		28	2,294	8,048	49
1962		24	2,526	9,161	46
1961		26	2,405	9,994	45
1960		21	2,717	10,653	43
1959		27	2,228	11,068	41
1958		31	2,020	10,088	44
1957		34	1,895	8,913	44
1956		25	2,239	6,478	59
1955		16	2,951	5,510	72
1954		17	2,774	5,065	76
1953		9	4,195	4,538	84
1952		16	2,790	4,316	85
1951		16	2,680	4,049	86
1950		13	3,035	4,204	83
1949		13	2,983	5,027	68
1948		14	2,821	5,742	60
1947		8	4,307	6,230	58
1946		8	3,950	4,569	69
1945		10	3,104	3,383	79
1944		11	2,929	2,834	89
1943		11	3,013	2,687	93
1942		9	3,412	2,375	102
1941		5	5,003	1,881	112
1940		6	4,290	1,554	121
1939		6	4,192	1,208	139
1938		< 5	--	1,077	149
1937		7	3,756	845	172
1936		6	4,119	742	178
1935		< 5	--	773	176
1934		< 5	--	770	177
1933		< 5	--	727	179
1932		< 5	--	779	177
1931		8	3,454	787	173
1930		7	4,001	863	169
1929		7	4,003	886	162
1928		14	2,488	925	162
1927		14	2,530	1,025	154
1926		9	3,520	1,055	151
1925		7	4,379	1,144	144
1924		8	3,964	1,219	139
1923		6	4,905	1,255	133
1922		5	5,688	1,268	130
1921		6	5,026	1,294	130
1920		< 5	--	1,281	127
1919		7	4,203	1,294	125
1918		5	5,489	1,523	109
1917		11	2,855	1,385	112
1916		< 5	--	1,399	108
1915		< 5	--	1,335	110
1914		5	4,122	998	112
1913		< 5	--	661	121
1912		5	3,375	543	123
1911		< 5	--	255	133
1910		< 5	--	245	136
1909		< 5	--	187	141
1908		< 5	--	149	161
1907		< 5	--	157	148
1906		< 5	--	131	153
1905		< 5	--	126	161
1904		< 5	--	123	156
1903		< 5	--	127	147
1902		< 5	--	92	182
1901		< 5	--	76	194
1900		< 5	--	139	150
1899		< 5	--	78	182
1898		< 5	--	87	182
1897		< 5	--	79	193
1896		< 5	--	94	172
1895		< 5	--	71	204
1894		< 5	--	80	187
1893		< 5	--	73	198
1892		< 5	--	68	216
1891		< 5	--	56	213
1890		< 5	--	66	202
1889		< 5	--	64	204
1888		< 5	--	83	179
1887		< 5	--	54	215
1886		< 5	--	70	193
1885		< 5	--	60	205
1884		< 5	--	66	203
1883		< 5	--	62	191
1882		< 5	--	63	204
1881		< 5	--	44	232
1880		< 5	--	52	232

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.