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Stephon

#2,789 in 2025Boys' name

Crown, wreath, through Stephen

Stephon has been given to 8,822 babies in the U.S. since 1955. In 2025 it ranked #2,789 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1997, with 406 recorded.

Babies named Stephon, 2025

1 in 72,100

Stephon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Stephon: meaning, origin, and history

Crown, wreath, through Stephen

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Stephon means

Stephon belongs to the name family reached through Stephon → Stephen. Its meaning is “crown, wreath”.

Origin, language, and formation

Stephon is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Stephen.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,808 boys were recorded with the name Stephon between 1955 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 406 in 1997; its best national rank was #504 in 1997.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,945 in 2020 to #2,789 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,530 in 2015 to #2,789 in 2025.

In the United States, 14 girls were recorded with the name Stephon between 1988 and 1995. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1988; its best national rank was #8,311 in 1988.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Stephon?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 72,100
46 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 37,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,789
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
49,955 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Stephon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 49,955 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Stephon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Stephons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Stephon was born before 1996 — so the typical Stephon is around 29 today.

Median birth year
1996
About 29 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
37.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
33.0%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
8,808
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 37.1% of all recorded uses (3,265).

Is Stephon rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−237
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−844
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,259
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.43×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
11.3%
Peak was 1997 (406)
Years since peak
28
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#504
1997

Spellings of Stephon

Stephon is not the most common spelling — Stephen is, with 93.8% against Stephon's 0.96%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Stephon is used

Across 2016–2025, Stephon was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 12,500 boys, against 1 in 29,928 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

18 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 12,500
  2. 2Missouri1 in 12,500
  3. 3Michigan1 in 20,000
  4. 4North Carolina1 in 20,000
  5. 5New York1 in 20,000
  6. 6Ohio1 in 20,000
  7. 7Mississippi1 in 25,000
  8. 8Georgia1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Stephon around the world

Where Stephon ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    1992–2005
    #2,048
    in 2005

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Stephon

People whose public names include Stephon, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Stephon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,789
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 844
Best rank ever
#504
1997
Peak year
1997
406 that year
First recorded
1955
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,808
Count in 2025
46

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#8,311
1988
Peak year
1988
9 that year
First recorded
1988
Last recorded
1995
All-time count
14
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Stephon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Stephon

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Stephon, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

DeonteDarriusKeenanGarretNigelMarquiseDandreDavonNestorRashawnEstevanJordon

Sibling names for Stephon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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