Stephen Variations & Nicknames
Honor Stephen with a different spelling, a familiar short form, or a form used in another language. Each choice below identifies its connection to the name family and has its own U.S. popularity history.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An English form or familiar short form of Stephen. | 1,261#271 | Down 49 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Stephen. | 829#383 | Down 61 rank positions in five years | 1952 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Stephen family. | 543#557 | Down 118 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Stephen. | 105#1,617 | Down 364 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Stephen family. | 12#8,803 | Down 4,062 rank positions in five years | 1983 | ||
An international form or spelling of Stephen. | 673#461 | Up 10 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Stephen. | 86#1,850 | Down 619 rank positions in five years | 1989 | ||
An international form or spelling of Stephen. | 219#1,023 | Down 142 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Stephen family. | 58#2,927 | Up 463 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Stephen. | 49#2,674 | Up 880 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
An international form or spelling of Stephen. | 65#2,191 | Down 373 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Stephen family. | 88#2,129 | Down 331 rank positions in five years | 1996 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Stephen family. | 16#7,095 | Down 212 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Stephen family. | 100#1,934 | Down 217 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Stephen. | 12#7,128 | Down 1,469 rank positions in five years | 1953 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Stephen family. | 14#7,849 | Down 965 rank positions in five years | 1916 | ||
An international form or spelling of Stephen. | 52#2,565 | Up 404 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Stephen family. | 25#5,217 | Down 1,384 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
An international form or spelling of Stephen. | 27#3,976 | Down 27 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
An international form or spelling of Stephen. | 5#13,629 | Down 7,971 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Stephen family. | —Unranked | — | 2008 | ||
An international form or spelling of Stephen. | 17#5,577 | Up 1,851 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
An international form or spelling of Stephen. | 7#10,532 | Up 1,299 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
An international form or spelling of Stephen. | —Unranked | — | 2000 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.