Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Stefen isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stefen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 886
- 886 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,593 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,593 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 38.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 830 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Stefen’s family of names
In German usage, Stefen as a surname has a related form in Stephan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 34
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Stevenequivalent
- Stephenequivalent
- Estebanequivalent
- Stefanequivalent
- Steveequivalent
- Stefanoequivalent
- Etienneequivalent
- Stivenequivalent
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- Stefanosequivalent
- Stevanequivalent
- Steffanequivalent
- Stepanequivalent
- Steffenequivalent
- Esteveequivalent
- Steeveequivalent
- Stephaneequivalent
- Szczepanequivalent
- Stephanusequivalent
- Stevoequivalent
- Štefanequivalent
- Štěpánequivalent
- Tapaniequivalent
- Steponasequivalent
- Stefánequivalent
- Ștefanequivalent
- Istvánequivalent
- Stéphaneequivalent
- Stefequivalent
- Stjepanequivalent
- Estevoequivalent
- Estêvãoequivalent
- Степанequivalent
- Étienneequivalent
- Staffanequivalent
People named Stefen
- Stefen Fangmeiervisual effects supervisorborn 1960
- Stefen WisniewskiAmerican football player (born 1989)
- Stefen Romerobaseball player from Americaborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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