Stevenson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- STEE-ven-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Stevenson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Steven”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Stevenson mean?
English: English and Scottish surname, from Steven
“son of Steven”
Robert Louis Stevenson, the Scottish author of Treasure Island, carried this surname.
Is Stevenson a girl's or a boy's name?
Stevenson 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 Stevenson 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 Stevenson, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1953, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had fewer boys named Stevenson than any year since 1941.
Half of all the boys named Stevenson in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Stevenson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,289 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 28 | #2,353 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 33 | #1,835 |
| 1985 | 28 | #2,018 |
| 1984 | 23 | #2,231 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,507 |
| 1975 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,533 |
| 1971 | 30 | #1,596 |
| 1970 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,913 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,710 |
| 1966 | 22 | #1,649 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 19 | #1,849 |
| 1963 | 22 | #1,694 |
| 1962 | 20 | #1,804 |
| 1961 | 18 | #1,947 |
| 1960 | 23 | #1,691 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,805 |
| 1958 | 29 | #1,445 |
| 1957 | 22 | #1,714 |
| 1956 | 25 | #1,567 |
| 1955 | 26 | #1,502 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,407 |
| 1953 | 35 | #1,260 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,343 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,700 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,021 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,880 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,573 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Nicknames for Stevenson
- Steve 18 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Stevenson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jonathan Jason Steven Christopher Tyson Jameson Timothy Cameron Scottie Weston Scott Aaron
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Stevenson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/stevenson, updated 20 October 2026.