Steve

maleStatistical record

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

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

Steve: Recorded since 1953, it reached #242 in 1971, and it stood at #577 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
107times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#242highest recorded position
17groupings 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	#588
1997	#788
1998	#780
1999	#1199
2000	#953
2001	#883
2002	#1190
2003	#1132
2004	#841
2005	#919
2006	#1127
2007	#1361
2008	#1206
2009	#1099
2010	#1551
2011	#1342
2012	#2117
2013	#3315
2014	#1630
2015	#1586
2016	#2556
2017	#2324
2018	#2445
2019	#2266
2020	#1935
2021	#3017
2022	#2165
2023	#1407
2024	#1859

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 Republic of Ireland in 39 of the 56 years from 1970 to 2025.

In 2024: #472 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1859 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1953–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1953
First recorded at #395 among boys in Norway in 1953 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1970–2025
Highest recorded position: #242 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1971 (recorded 1970–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Steve appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 39 ranked years and 193 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1953.

Steve across 3 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.

Steve'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#278 (1970)	#242 (1971)	#577 (2025)	39 of 56	193 (1970–2025)	9 (2012)
Norway · Boys	#395 (1953)	#263 (1969)	#588 (1998)	38 of 46	356 (1953–1998)	18 (1974)
England and Wales · Boys	#588 (1996)	#588 (1996)	#1859 (2024)	29 of 29	438 (1996–2024)	28 (1996)

Steve by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Steve in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	28	6 of 10	5
1980s	31	7 of 10	4
1990s	27	7 of 10	4
2000s	29	6 of 10	5
2010s	39	7 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	39	6 of 10	7

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Steve 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 4 regions, from 1953 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #242 in Republic of Ireland in 1971.

Steve'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	#1859	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1407	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1342	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1551	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1099	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1206	20	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1127	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#919	24	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#841	25	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1132	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1190	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#883	19	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#953	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1199	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#780	20	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#788	20	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#588	28	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#588	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#562	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#409	9	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#565	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#430	9	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#505	7	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#608	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#477	8	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#596	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#476	8	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#560	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#321	15	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#390	11	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#517	7	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#474	8	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#382	11	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#407	10	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#310	15	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#383	11	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#267	18	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#305	15	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#283	17	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#271	17	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#416	9	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#263	17	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#395	9	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#316	12	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#441	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#325	11	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#326	11	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#452	6	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#329	10	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#375	7	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#342	8	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#325	9	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#402	5	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#395	5	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#395	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#496	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#508	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#455	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	7	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#301	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	5	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#260	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 4 registrars between 1953 and 2025, ranked in 70 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #242, first reached in 1971.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1970, and 49 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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Stevie · #169, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Francisco · #253, 66y
Osman · #256, 70y
Ismail · #218, 68y
Manuel · #269, 67y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Bozena · #241, 30y
Marija · #243, 53y
Norbert · #241, 45y
Hamid · #240, 65y

Steve was ranked #242 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1971. 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.

Steve 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 Steve without appearing here.

Steve moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3017 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1407 and #4991.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3315 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1630 and #4632.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3017 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2165 and #4001.
Grant Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3017 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2165 and #4001.

Moved ahead of Steve

Theodor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1342 and #1522 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2117 and #1086.
Leif Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1586 and #1786 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2556 and #1704.
Marius Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1342 and #1600 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2117 and #1270.
Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1407 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #1132.

Moved the opposite way to Steve

Aaron Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Steve went from #278 to #577 while Aaron went from #178 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Steve went from #278 to #577 while Adam went from #206 to #20.
Cian Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Steve went from #278 to #577 while Cian went from #235 to #33.
Conor Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Steve went from #278 to #577 while Conor went from #45 to #16.

Moved the same way as Steve

Adrian Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Steve went from #278 to #577 and Adrian from #52 to #348.
Denis Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Steve went from #278 to #577 and Denis from #28 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Steve went from #278 to #577 and Edward from #23 to #125.
Julian Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Steve went from #278 to #577 and Julian from #129 to #348.

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 4 regions, from 1953 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #242 in Republic of Ireland in 1971. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Steve

Steve at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Steve across 3 official records

Steve by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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