Steffan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Steffan: Recorded since 1973, it reached #275 in 1984, and it stood at #1,517 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
50times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#275highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#303
1997	#307
1998	#308
1999	#337
2000	#339
2001	#391
2002	#382
2003	#418
2004	#532
2005	#574
2006	#462
2007	#567
2008	#699
2009	#696
2010	#706
2011	#701
2012	#754
2013	#882
2014	#781
2015	#821
2016	#884
2017	#996
2018	#1040
2019	#1056
2020	#1431
2021	#1218
2022	#1420
2023	#1461
2024	#1517

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 1996: #303 among boys in England and Wales, #369 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #453 among boys in Norway.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1973–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #525 among boys in Norway in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1973–1996
Highest recorded position: #275 among boys in Norway, in 1984 (recorded 1973–1996).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1517 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Steffan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 1,335 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1973.

Steffan 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.

Steffan'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
England and Wales · Boys	#303 (1996)	#303 (1996)	#1517 (2024)	29 of 29	1,335 (1996–2024)	84 (1998)
Norway · Boys	#525 (1973)	#275 (1984)	#453 (1996)	20 of 24	174 (1973–1996)	19 (1984)

Steffan by decade in England and Wales · 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 Steffan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	323	4 of 10	81
2000sbusiest	561	10 of 10	56
2010s	360	10 of 10	36
2020s	91	5 of 10	18

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 56 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Steffan 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 3 regions, from 1973 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #275 in Norway in 1984.

Steffan'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#1517	17	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1420	18	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1218	22	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1431	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1056	26	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1040	27	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#996	30	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#884	35	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#821	38	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#781	40	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#882	33	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#754	43	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#701	45	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#706	43	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#696	43	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#699	42	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#567	54	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#462	69	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#574	46	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#532	49	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#418	62	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#382	62	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#391	60	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#339	74	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#337	75	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#308	84	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#307	83	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#303	81	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#453	7	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#560	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#564	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#502	7	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#443	9	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#482	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#435	10	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#387	11	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#552	6	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#359	13	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#275	19	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#309	16	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#424	10	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#478	8	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#396	11	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#537	6	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#431	9	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#622	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#635	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#525	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1973 and 2024, ranked in 48 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #275, first reached in 1984.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 84 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 23 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.

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Stein · #14, 71y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Amin · #274, 50y
Urszula · #273, 43y
Irma · #269, 49y
Charmaine · #283, 47y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Aram · #275, 36y
Salman · #275, 37y
Crona · #276, 11y
Betina · #277, 29y

Steffan was ranked #275 in Norway · Boys in 1984. 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.

Steffan 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 Steffan without appearing here.

Steffan moved ahead of

Calum Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1431 and #1192 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1218 and #1984.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1420 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #2160.
Wayne Compare
In 2010 they stood at #706 and #678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #701 and #1303.
Craig Compare
In 2015 they stood at #821 and #821 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #884 and #1157.

Moved ahead of Steffan

Colin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1461 and #1610 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1517 and #1000.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1218 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1420 and #967.
Mathias Compare
In 2016 they stood at #884 and #928 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #996 and #709.
Edward Compare
In 1994 they stood at #502 and #522 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #560 and #276.

Moved the opposite way to Steffan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Steffan went from #303 to #1517 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Steffan went from #303 to #1517 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Steffan went from #303 to #1517 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Steffan went from #303 to #1517 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Steffan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Steffan went from #303 to #1517 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Steffan went from #303 to #1517 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Steffan went from #303 to #1517 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Steffan went from #303 to #1517 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1973 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #275 in Norway in 1984. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Steffan

Steffan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Steffan across 2 official records

Steffan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Steffan appears in

Popularity data

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Steffan at a glance

Steffan across 2 official records

Steffan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Steffan appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Steffan

Steffan and the names beside it

Steffan moved ahead of

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