Steffen
Boy · STEE-ven · Greek
Steffen is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “crown, garland”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Steffen mean?
Greek: spelling of Stephen
“crown, garland”
St Stephen, the first Christian martyr, is remembered on 26 December, Boxing Day in Britain.
- Say it
- STEE-ven
Meaning borrowed from Stephen. More on Wiktionary.
Is Steffen a girl's or a boy's name?
Steffen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Steffen in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 9 boys.
Steffen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Steffen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Steffen, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 77 boys. It first appears in the records in 1948.
Half of all the boys named Steffen in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,162 boys in the US were given Steffen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #188, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Steffen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 34 | #2,556 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 36 | #2,308 |
| 1996 | 49 | #1,838 |
| 1995 | 36 | #2,205 |
| 1994 | 54 | #1,659 |
| 1993 | 49 | #1,736 |
| 1992 | 43 | #1,879 |
| 1991 | 77 | #1,267 |
| 1990 | 54 | #1,542 |
| 1989 | 62 | #1,387 |
| 1988 | 57 | #1,369 |
| 1987 | 55 | #1,335 |
| 1986 | 53 | #1,344 |
| 1985 | 41 | #1,568 |
| 1984 | 31 | #1,795 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,202 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,852 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,269 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
Nicknames for Steffen
Names like Steffen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Steffen
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