Steven Forename
155th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 3,098,178 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey
Steven Forename Definition:
A male name. Greek Στεφανάς from στέφανος ‘crown', a common Greek personal name, borne by the first christian martyr. Stephanus, Stefanus is found in England only as a monk’s name before the Norman Conquest, but became a common christian name soon after.
Read More About This ForenameSteven Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 1,617,213 | 1:224 | 21 |
| England | 100% | 356,401 | 1:156 | 17 |
| Canada | 100% | 117,588 | 1:282 | 25 |
| Australia | - | 112,124 | 1:122 | 11 |
| Uganda | 99% | 109,361 | 1:375 | 73 |
| Malawi | 100% | 70,775 | 1:242 | 33 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 56,759 | 1:930 | 200 |
| South Africa | 100% | 38,815 | 1:1,405 | 207 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 35,219 | 1:5,042 | 828 |
| Scotland | 100% | 34,419 | 1:155 | 24 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 33,106 | 1:246 | 13 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 32,873 | 1:346 | 55 |
| Belgium | 100% | 27,458 | 1:418 | 84 |
| Ghana | 100% | 27,306 | 1:988 | 216 |
| Burundi | 91% | 24,620 | 1:402 | 100 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 24,592 | 1:288 | 71 |
| New Zealand | - | 22,512 | 1:201 | 19 |
| Kenya | 100% | 22,276 | 1:2,079 | 387 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 21,467 | 1:787 | 173 |
| Indonesia | 97% | 21,067 | 1:12,245 | 1,726 |
| Central African Republic | - | 19,455 | 1:232 | 70 |
| Zambia | - | 18,140 | 1:874 | 198 |
| Wales | 100% | 16,458 | 1:188 | 28 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 14,035 | 1:823 | 210 |
| Mozambique | - | 12,480 | 1:2,183 | 479 |
| France | 100% | 12,281 | 1:5,412 | 461 |
| Sudan | 100% | 10,709 | 1:3,530 | 588 |
| Germany | 100% | 9,128 | 1:10,591 | 716 |
| China | - | 8,386 | 1:162,897 | 15,215 |
| Philippines | 99% | 7,509 | 1:14,118 | 1,698 |
| East Timor | - | 6,618 | 1:184 | 71 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 6,514 | 1:4,675 | 524 |
| Congo | 99% | 6,405 | 1:782 | 115 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 5,845 | 1:816 | 176 |
| Thailand | 100% | 5,613 | 1:12,483 | 1,930 |
| Angola | - | 5,129 | 1:5,258 | 813 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4,619 | 1:1,548 | 174 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 4,459 | 1:3,459 | 582 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4,399 | 1:36,249 | 3,455 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 4,364 | 1:422 | 101 |
| Togo | - | 4,203 | 1:1,722 | 271 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4,078 | 1:5,100 | 865 |
| Madagascar | - | 3,930 | 1:6,013 | 1,171 |
| India | 100% | 3,640 | 1:333,758 | 30,108 |
| Poland | 100% | 3,157 | 1:12,045 | 515 |
| Singapore | 100% | 3,121 | 1:2,014 | 271 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2,925 | 1:1,588 | 267 |
| Egypt | 99% | 2,863 | 1:32,100 | 2,110 |
| Ecuador | - | 2,768 | 1:6,404 | 635 |
| Bahrain | - | 2,604 | 1:518 | 76 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 2,540 | 1:29,066 | 2,168 |
| Suriname | 100% | 2,533 | 1:218 | 5 |
| Haiti | 100% | 2,504 | 1:4,284 | 629 |
| Namibia | - | 2,434 | 1:988 | 203 |
| Japan | - | 2,225 | 1:57,522 | 3,170 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2,175 | 1:3,776 | 585 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,144 | 1:4,865 | 721 |
| Gabon | 100% | 2,125 | 1:886 | 186 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2,071 | 1:3,743 | 287 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,070 | 1:103,496 | 5,673 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,043 | 1:22,775 | 1,277 |
| Malta | - | 1,932 | 1:222 | 32 |
| Liberia | 99% | 1,915 | 1:2,304 | 339 |
| Denmark | - | 1,756 | 1:3,217 | 458 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,734 | 1:56,263 | 5,093 |
| Gambia | - | 1,692 | 1:1,139 | 216 |
| Oman | - | 1,589 | 1:2,586 | 369 |
| Portugal | - | 1,587 | 1:6,560 | 477 |
| South Korea | - | 1,534 | 1:3,614 | 683 |
| Morocco | - | 1,447 | 1:23,738 | 1,361 |
| Kuwait | - | 1,311 | 1:2,887 | 398 |
| Israel | 99% | 1,289 | 1:6,519 | 989 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,225 | 1:474 | 90 |
| Fiji | - | 1,065 | 1:838 | 168 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,025 | 1:9,617 | 856 |
| Bahamas | - | 992 | 1:403 | 81 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 988 | 1:30,569 | 2,181 |
| Italy | 100% | 982 | 1:62,181 | 1,486 |
| Vanuatu | - | 981 | 1:267 | 45 |
| Jamaica | - | 969 | 1:2,975 | 596 |
| Colombia | 100% | 937 | 1:50,991 | 2,273 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 874 | 1:35,255 | 4,434 |
| Chad | 100% | 865 | 1:15,721 | 2,494 |
| Peru | 100% | 819 | 1:38,817 | 2,250 |
| Botswana | 100% | 807 | 1:2,707 | 484 |
| Qatar | 100% | 805 | 1:2,944 | 416 |
| Swaziland | - | 794 | 1:1,638 | 384 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 735 | 1:86 | 12 |
| Norway | 100% | 718 | 1:7,148 | 736 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 693 | 1:23,244 | 1,250 |
| Mali | - | 663 | 1:25,607 | 1,686 |
| Mexico | 100% | 647 | 1:191,877 | 3,508 |
| Samoa | - | 639 | 1:305 | 72 |
| Greece | 100% | 624 | 1:17,523 | 915 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 595 | 1:36,320 | 2,633 |
| Russia | 96% | 578 | 1:249,539 | 3,443 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 575 | 1:41,339 | 6,582 |
| Jersey | 100% | 550 | 1:182 | 26 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 515 | 1:165 | 51 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 485 | 1:2,807 | 543 |
| Tonga | - | 415 | 1:259 | 57 |
| Guam | - | 398 | 1:404 | 57 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 392 | 1:397 | 101 |
| Iraq | - | 391 | 1:89,560 | 2,317 |
| Saint Martin | - | 384 | 1:93 | 26 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 371 | 1:16,222 | 1,361 |
| Panama | 100% | 368 | 1:10,616 | 1,381 |
| Chile | 100% | 335 | 1:52,559 | 1,836 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 334 | 1:277,315 | 1,528 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 323 | 1:287 | 31 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 284 | 1:1,986 | 321 |
| Estonia | 100% | 280 | 1:4,698 | 730 |
| Barbados | - | 279 | 1:1,039 | 242 |
| Somalia | - | 279 | 1:48,480 | 2,498 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 272 | 1:113,185 | 3,176 |
| Austria | 100% | 265 | 1:32,129 | 1,191 |
| Djibouti | - | 261 | 1:3,508 | 424 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 261 | 1:420 | 55 |
| French Polynesia | - | 259 | 1:1,073 | 243 |
| Bermuda | - | 252 | 1:257 | 27 |
| Belize | 100% | 246 | 1:1,440 | 321 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 232 | 1:45,696 | 1,954 |
| Gibraltar | - | 208 | 1:164 | 16 |
| Guyana | 100% | 186 | 1:4,104 | 783 |
| Dominica | - | 173 | 1:436 | 98 |
| Afghanistan | - | 161 | 1:202,631 | 5,136 |
| Czechia | 100% | 156 | 1:68,309 | 971 |
| Hungary | 100% | 156 | 1:62,768 | 601 |
| Benin | 100% | 155 | 1:68,231 | 4,844 |
| Micronesia | - | 150 | 1:710 | 116 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 144 | 1:24,655 | 1,004 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 130 | 1:2,078 | 405 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 130 | 1:421 | 61 |
| American Samoa | - | 126 | 1:443 | 25 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 123 | 1:187,609 | 9,479 |
| Brunei | - | 122 | 1:3,439 | 349 |
| Finland | 100% | 119 | 1:46,077 | 1,649 |
| Honduras | 100% | 113 | 1:78,031 | 2,851 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 102 | 1:974 | 170 |
| Aruba | - | 100 | 1:1,038 | 214 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 93 | 1:9,366 | 843 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 92 | 1:14,106 | 1,568 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 92 | 1:78,661 | 2,276 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 87 | 1:6,082 | 781 |
| Romania | 100% | 86 | 1:233,163 | 7,731 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 83 | 1:41,297 | 1,637 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 82 | 1:748 | 140 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 77 | 1:2,524,126 | 31,579 |
| Albania | 100% | 70 | 1:43,522 | 4,199 |
| Macau | - | 70 | 1:8,689 | 270 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 65 | 1:250,359 | 7,295 |
| Mongolia | - | 61 | 1:48,112 | 4,064 |
| Myanmar | - | 61 | 1:851,611 | 619 |
| Burkina Faso | 95% | 57 | 1:322,447 | 12,533 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 57 | 1:3,120 | 565 |
| El Salvador | - | 50 | 1:126,836 | 2,372 |
| Croatia | 100% | 43 | 1:98,072 | 2,428 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 43 | 1:1,276 | 289 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 40 | 1:136,822 | 1,350 |
| Turkey | 100% | 38 | 1:2,047,413 | 14,402 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 38 | 1:913 | 199 |
| Lesotho | 92% | 37 | 1:55,135 | 5,648 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 36 | 1:31,602 | 257 |
| Libya | - | 36 | 1:172,814 | 833 |
| Belarus | 100% | 32 | 1:296,324 | 2,238 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 32 | 1:1,601 | 230 |
| Nepal | - | 30 | 1:949,578 | 20,973 |
| Monaco | 100% | 29 | 1:1,326 | 282 |
| Argentina | 100% | 28 | 1:1,527,616 | 6,532 |
| Tunisia | - | 28 | 1:24,175 | 1,673 |
| Ukraine | - | 26 | 1:1,749,996 | 4,649 |
| Moldova | - | 25 | 1:142,446 | 1,501 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 24 | 1:756 | 116 |
| Jordan | - | 24 | 1:367,782 | 3,366 |
| Laos | - | 24 | 1:274,452 | 299 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 21 | 1:845,088 | 9,826 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 21 | 1:5,313 | 910 |
| Iceland | - | 20 | 1:18,301 | 1,312 |
| Latvia | - | 20 | 1:100,782 | 1,905 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 19 | 1:155,362 | 1,773 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 18 | 1:116,153 | 5,117 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 16 | 1:828 | 130 |
| Senegal | 100% | 16 | 1:911,335 | 8,896 |
| Iran | - | 15 | 1:5,233,125 | 19,849 |
| Syria | - | 15 | 1:1,287,072 | 3,396 |
| Bulgaria | - | 13 | 1:537,722 | 8,096 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 11 | 1:286 | 37 |
| Greenland | - | 10 | 1:5,637 | 682 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,071,438 | 15,295 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 9 | 1:590,007 | 2,547 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 9 | 1:1,503 | 36 |
| Armenia | 100% | 8 | 1:364,844 | 4,921 |
| Grenada | 100% | 7 | 1:15,446 | 1,649 |
| Lebanon | - | 7 | 1:803,939 | 7,854 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 7 | 1:332 | 62 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 7 | 1:833 | 183 |
| Guinea | - | 6 | 1:1,976,441 | 4,482 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 6 | 1:409,793 | 5,154 |
| Algeria | - | 5 | 1:7,635,344 | 12,071 |
| Bhutan | - | 5 | 1:164,986 | 3,051 |
| Nauru | 100% | 5 | 1:2,385 | 265 |
| Niger | - | 5 | 1:3,836,799 | 37,767 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 4 | 1:881,114 | 5,655 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 4 | 1:1,493,319 | 26,894 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 1:27,629 | 798 |
| Georgia | - | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:15,625 | 1,557 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Mauritania | - | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Transnistria | - | 2 | 1:237,819 | 1,799 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
The alternate forms: Stéven (41), Stèven (2) & Steveñ (1) are calculated separately.
Steven (163,317) may also be a surname.
Steven Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Greek Στεφανάς from στέφανος ‘crown', a common Greek personal name, borne by the first christian martyr. Stephanus, Stefanus is found in England only as a monk’s name before the Norman Conquest, but became a common christian name soon after. It occurs in Domesday Book. The surnames Stephen, Stephens, Steven, Stevens, Stephenson, Stevenson, Steveson, Steverson, Stinson, Stimson, Stimpson, Stenson, Steenson are derived from it. Stevyn was the usual Middle English form.
Stefanus Domesday Book 1086, Curia Regis Rolls 1196-1220. Stephanus Hundred Rolls 1273. Steuen Yorks Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379. Steven Lincs 1450, Cocke Lorelle’s Bote c. 1515. Stevyn Lincs 1450, The Coventry Leet Book 1491, Promptorium Parvulorum 1440.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
This rather unusual form of Stephen is borne, e. g., by the ‘fatherless bairn’ in Francis Brett Young’s remarkable novel, Portrait of Clare, 1927.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Teutonic name, meaning: A voice. Some authorities give this, as a form of Stephen.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Steven Forename Popularity
Steven Demographics
Steven Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 301,966 (2014)
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Steven Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Steven in the Russian language | ||
| Стевен | steven | - |
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