# Stephen name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/m/stephen
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2024

## Summary
Stephen ranked #377 officially for boys in 2024. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #378.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #377
- Birth count: 864
- Rate per 10,000: 5.04

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Stephen
- Rank: #378
- Birth count: 864
- Rate per 10,000: 5.04
- Official count multiplier: 1.00x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.01
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.03
- Expected per school of 300: 0.08
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 2.5%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1951
- Best rank year: 1949
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 4.2%

## Spelling components
- Stephen: 864 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology