Steve
Boy · STEEV · Greek
Steve is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “crown, garland”. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies) and 1,609th for boys in the US (105 babies).
What does Steve mean?
Greek: short form of Stephen
“crown, garland”
A short form of Stephen or Steven.
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Is Steve a girl's or a boy's name?
Steve is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK and 105 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Steve in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,537among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 75% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Steve, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 30 boys.
Half of all the boys named Steve in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,465th in England and Wales.
Steve in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,507 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,511 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,654 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,057 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,249 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,290 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,131 |
| 2005 | 27 | #917 |
| 2004 | 27 | #864 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,205 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,067 |
| 2001 | 20 | #913 |
| 2000 | 17 | #990 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,188 |
| 1998 | 21 | #818 |
| 1997 | 23 | #760 |
| 1996 | 30 | #601 |
How popular is Steve in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,609among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 105about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 105 boys in the US were named Steve, making it the 1,609th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,250th. Its busiest year was 1959, with 11,068 boys.
Half of all the boys named Steve in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1965, the years shaded on the chart below.
Steve in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 105 | #1,609 |
| 2024 | 99 | #1,685 |
| 2023 | 114 | #1,539 |
| 2022 | 122 | #1,479 |
| 2021 | 135 | #1,365 |
| 2020 | 148 | #1,250 |
| 2019 | 159 | #1,202 |
| 2018 | 167 | #1,151 |
| 2017 | 189 | #1,056 |
| 2016 | 205 | #993 |
| 2015 | 224 | #939 |
| 2014 | 256 | #863 |
| 2013 | 242 | #872 |
| 2012 | 303 | #754 |
| 2011 | 324 | #707 |
| 2010 | 279 | #785 |
| 2009 | 415 | #611 |
| 2008 | 422 | #595 |
| 2007 | 448 | #573 |
| 2006 | 472 | #535 |
| 2005 | 475 | #518 |
| 2004 | 484 | #505 |
| 2003 | 563 | #443 |
| 2002 | 545 | #451 |
| 2001 | 624 | #401 |
| 2000 | 649 | #393 |
| 1999 | 660 | #390 |
| 1998 | 635 | #390 |
| 1997 | 627 | #386 |
| 1996 | 648 | #369 |
| 1995 | 754 | #334 |
| 1994 | 714 | #345 |
| 1993 | 831 | #319 |
| 1992 | 882 | #303 |
| 1991 | 896 | #290 |
| 1990 | 1,007 | #267 |
| 1989 | 997 | #255 |
| 1988 | 949 | #248 |
| 1987 | 1,004 | #233 |
| 1986 | 989 | #235 |
| 1985 | 990 | #234 |
| 1984 | 1,042 | #218 |
| 1983 | 1,063 | #215 |
| 1982 | 1,024 | #229 |
| 1981 | 1,116 | #220 |
| 1980 | 1,218 | #201 |
| 1979 | 1,254 | #193 |
| 1978 | 1,236 | #193 |
| 1977 | 1,270 | #182 |
| 1976 | 1,407 | #167 |
| 1975 | 1,383 | #170 |
| 1974 | 1,443 | #167 |
| 1973 | 1,511 | #160 |
| 1972 | 1,845 | #143 |
| 1971 | 2,373 | #131 |
| 1970 | 2,930 | #114 |
| 1969 | 3,062 | #98 |
| 1968 | 3,408 | #89 |
| 1967 | 3,909 | #79 |
| 1966 | 4,617 | #67 |
| 1965 | 5,685 | #55 |
| 1964 | 7,092 | #51 |
| 1963 | 8,050 | #49 |
| 1962 | 9,154 | #46 |
| 1961 | 9,997 | #45 |
| 1960 | 10,645 | #43 |
| 1959 | 11,068 | #41 |
| 1958 | 10,079 | #44 |
| 1957 | 8,910 | #44 |
| 1956 | 6,472 | #59 |
| 1955 | 5,509 | #72 |
| 1954 | 5,062 | #76 |
| 1953 | 4,539 | #84 |
| 1952 | 4,313 | #85 |
| 1951 | 4,053 | #86 |
| 1950 | 4,207 | #83 |
| 1949 | 5,027 | #68 |
| 1948 | 5,742 | #60 |
| 1947 | 6,231 | #58 |
| 1946 | 4,570 | #69 |
| 1945 | 3,384 | #79 |
| 1944 | 2,836 | #89 |
| 1943 | 2,684 | #93 |
| 1942 | 2,376 | #102 |
| 1941 | 1,881 | #112 |
| 1940 | 1,555 | #121 |
| 1939 | 1,208 | #139 |
| 1938 | 1,077 | #149 |
| 1937 | 846 | #172 |
| 1936 | 741 | #178 |
| 1935 | 773 | #176 |
| 1934 | 771 | #176 |
| 1933 | 728 | #178 |
| 1932 | 780 | #177 |
| 1931 | 786 | #173 |
| 1930 | 862 | #169 |
| 1929 | 887 | #162 |
| 1928 | 925 | #162 |
| 1927 | 1,027 | #154 |
| 1926 | 1,052 | #151 |
| 1925 | 1,145 | #144 |
| 1924 | 1,219 | #139 |
| 1923 | 1,255 | #133 |
| 1922 | 1,269 | #130 |
| 1921 | 1,294 | #130 |
| 1920 | 1,281 | #127 |
| 1919 | 1,294 | #125 |
| 1918 | 1,523 | #109 |
| 1917 | 1,385 | #112 |
| 1916 | 1,399 | #108 |
| 1915 | 1,335 | #110 |
| 1914 | 998 | #112 |
| 1913 | 661 | #121 |
| 1912 | 543 | #123 |
| 1911 | 255 | #133 |
| 1910 | 245 | #135 |
| 1909 | 187 | #140 |
| 1908 | 149 | #161 |
| 1907 | 157 | #147 |
| 1906 | 131 | #153 |
| 1905 | 126 | #160 |
| 1904 | 123 | #156 |
| 1903 | 127 | #147 |
| 1902 | 92 | #181 |
| 1901 | 76 | #192 |
| 1900 | 139 | #150 |
| 1899 | 78 | #180 |
| 1898 | 87 | #179 |
| 1897 | 79 | #192 |
| 1896 | 94 | #171 |
| 1895 | 71 | #203 |
| 1894 | 80 | #184 |
| 1893 | 73 | #197 |
| 1892 | 68 | #213 |
| 1891 | 56 | #211 |
| 1890 | 66 | #201 |
| 1889 | 64 | #203 |
| 1888 | 83 | #177 |
| 1887 | 54 | #210 |
| 1886 | 70 | #192 |
| 1885 | 60 | #204 |
| 1884 | 66 | #202 |
| 1883 | 62 | #190 |
| 1882 | 63 | #203 |
| 1881 | 44 | #229 |
| 1880 | 52 | #225 |
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