Steffen

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Steffen: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Steffen: Recorded since 1946, it reached #24 in 1985, and it stood at #519 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
76times a registrar ranked it
80years from first to last
#24highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for
27names it appears alongside

What stands out in Steffen's record

Shares a published list with another name across 71 years. Longest shared records

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2000

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#2337
1998	#2901
1999	#1505
2000	#2142

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 71 of the 80 years from 1946 to 2025.

In 2000: #88 among boys in Norway, #2142 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1946–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #341 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1946–2025
Highest recorded position: #24 among boys in Norway, in 1985 (recorded 1946–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #519 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Steffen appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 71 years beginning in 1946, and has registered 3,861 births with the name.

Steffen across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Steffen's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#341 (1946)	#24 (1985)	#519 (2025)	71 of 80	3,861 (1946–2025)	235 (1985)
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#1505 (1999)	#2142 (2000)	5 of 5	23 (1996–2000)	8 (1999)

Steffen by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Steffen in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	10	2 of 10	5
1950s	44	6 of 10	7
1960s	144	10 of 10	14
1970s	373	10 of 10	37
1980sbusiest	1,339	10 of 10	134
1990s	1,337	10 of 10	134
2000s	484	10 of 10	48
2010s	116	10 of 10	12
2020s	14	3 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 134 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1984 and 1985, when recorded births rose by 113, from 122 to 235.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Steffen appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #24 in Norway in 1985.

Steffen's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#519	4	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#460	5	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#453	5	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#480	5	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#382	9	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#436	7	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#418	8	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#360	11	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#429	8	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#235	22	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#256	19	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#307	15	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#234	23	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#224	24	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#172	36	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#167	37	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#148	46	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#143	49	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#143	45	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#124	57	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#93	77	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#88	90	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#76	102	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#74	104	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#60	124	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#64	131	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#68	122	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#62	129	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#60	138	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#50	172	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#59	149	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#50	166	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#48	175	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#43	187	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#50	165	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#29	226	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#24	235	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#63	122	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#112	77	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#145	51	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#145	53	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#151	48	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#173	41	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#145	51	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#163	43	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#151	48	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#164	43	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#184	36	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#215	26	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#196	34	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#224	24	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#206	27	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#214	26	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#263	16	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#281	14	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#260	16	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#271	15	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#311	12	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#269	14	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#243	16	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#374	7	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#366	8	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#289	11	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#367	7	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#334	8	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#380	6	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#338	7	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#375	5	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#362	4	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#341	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1946 and 2025, ranked in 71 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #24, first reached in 1985.

It held a top-100 place in 18 years, 18 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 235 births, registered in Norway in 1985.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 50 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Stefanos · #1591, 25y
Steffan · #275, 48y
Stein · #14, 71y
Steinar · #17, 77y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Mats · #21, 74y
Herman · #20, 76y
Mikkel · #28, 70y
Henriette · #31, 71y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

May · #24, 81y
Ronald · #24, 77y
Vibeke · #24, 64y
Egil · #25, 79y

Comparisons involving Steffen

Existing comparison pages where Steffen and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Steffen in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Aksel vs Steffen
Over 71 shared years in Norway · Boys, Aksel rose about as far as Steffen fell — from #171 and #341 in 1946 to #25 and #519 in 2025.
Aksel · Steffen · 71 shared years, 1946–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Daniel vs Steffen
Over 71 shared years in Norway · Boys, Daniel rose about as far as Steffen fell — from #244 and #341 in 1946 to #66 and #519 in 2025.
Daniel · Steffen · 71 shared years, 1946–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Steffen vs Even
Over 71 shared years in Norway · Boys, Even rose about as far as Steffen fell — from #341 and #178 in 1946 to #519 and #42 in 2025.
Steffen · Even · 71 shared years, 1946–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Steffen and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Stig vs Steffen
In Norway · Boys, Steffen moved into the top 50 at #24 in 1985 as Stig fell out of it to #60, having been #50 the year before.
Stig · Steffen · 61 shared years, 1946–2016 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1985 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Steffen measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Steffen at its highest position.

Henry vs Steffen
Over 71 shared years in Norway · Boys, Henry rose about as far as Steffen fell — from #109 and #341 in 1946 to #50 and #519 in 2025.
Henry · Steffen · 71 shared years, 1946–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Magnus vs Steffen
Over 71 shared years in Norway · Boys, Magnus rose about as far as Steffen fell — from #124 and #341 in 1946 to #17 and #519 in 2025.
Magnus · Steffen · 71 shared years, 1946–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Jacob vs Steffen
Over 70 shared years in Norway · Boys, Jacob rose about as far as Steffen fell — from #214 and #341 in 1946 to #59 and #519 in 2025.
Jacob · Steffen · 70 shared years, 1946–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Steffen was ranked #24 in Norway · Boys in 1985. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Steffen and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Steffen without appearing here.

Steffen moved ahead of

Kenneth Compare
In 2016 they stood at #418 and #390 in Norway · Boys; by 2017 that had become #436 and #506.
Glenn Compare
In 1984 they stood at #63 and #59 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #24 and #83.
Ronald Compare
In 1971 they stood at #224 and #211 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #196 and #252.
Svein Compare
In 2021 they stood at #480 and #414 in Norway · Boys; by 2022 that had become #453 and #500.

Moved ahead of Steffen

Aaron Compare
In 2013 they stood at #235 and #243 in Norway · Boys; by 2014 that had become #429 and #187.
Jonah Compare
In 2013 they stood at #235 and #261 in Norway · Boys; by 2014 that had become #429 and #203.
Charlie Compare
In 2013 they stood at #235 and #257 in Norway · Boys; by 2014 that had become #429 and #234.
Nathan Compare
In 2015 they stood at #360 and #371 in Norway · Boys; by 2016 that had become #418 and #258.

Moved the opposite way to Steffen

Aksel Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Steffen went from #341 to #519 while Aksel went from #171 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Steffen went from #341 to #519 while Alfred went from #142 to #26.
Colin Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Steffen went from #341 to #519 while Colin went from #326 to #119.
Daniel Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Steffen went from #341 to #519 while Daniel went from #244 to #66.

Moved the same way as Steffen

Anders Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Steffen went from #341 to #519 and Anders from #64 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Steffen went from #341 to #519 and Arild from #27 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Steffen went from #341 to #519 and Arne from #5 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Steffen went from #341 to #519 and Bjørn from #3 to #56.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #24 in Norway in 1985. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Steffen

Steffen at a glance

What stands out in Steffen's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Steffen across 2 official records

Steffen by decade in Norway · Boys

Steffen appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Steffen

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Steffen

Steffen and the names beside it

Steffen moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Steffen

Moved the opposite way to Steffen

Moved the same way as Steffen

Steffen at a glance

What stands out in Steffen's record

Steffen across 2 official records

Steffen by decade in Norway · Boys

Steffen appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Steffen

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Steffen

Steffen and the names beside it

Steffen moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Steffen

Moved the opposite way to Steffen

Moved the same way as Steffen