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Stefan

Rooted in Greek, Stefan is a boy's name that means "Greek stephanos, crown". It has cooled since its 1990s peak, though it is still chosen today. As things stand now, it is a distinctive, less common pick. 1991 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.

EtymologyVariant of Stephen
GreekGreek "stephanos" – "crown"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
115
1920s
103
1930s
78
1940s
262
1950s
650
1960s
1,640
1970s
2,389
1980s
4,045
1990s
5,404
2000s
2,519
2010s
2,076
Peaked in the 1990s · 19,281 total U.S. births since 1900