Given name & surname
Estevan
“one who is crowned in victory”
Estevan is a variant of Esteban. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is crowned in victory.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Estevan is a variant of Esteban. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is crowned in victory.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Estevan is a variant of Esteban. An origin associated with Esteban is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Estevan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,966
- 8,956 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 282 babies
- 2025
- 65
- #2,191 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −18%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 65 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,191 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 18.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 282 in 2003. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (24). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,905 as a first name in 2020; 288 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Estevan’s family of names
Estevan has a related form in Esteban.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Estevan
- Estevan FlorialDominican-Haitian baseball playerborn 1997
- Estevão Pires CoelhoPortuguese poet1290–1336
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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