Given name & surname
Stevens
Stevens is a given name. It is used in English and Dutch.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Stevens 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 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stevens through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,306
- 1,306 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 31 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 980 as a first name in 2020; 177,585 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.
Stevens’s family of names
In German usage, Stevens as a surname has a related form in Stephan. In Dutch usage, Stevens as a surname has a related form in STEEVENS. In Dutch usage, Stevens as a surname has a related form in Steevense.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Stevens has relatives in 3 languages.
13 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Stevens
- Stevens Thomson MasonAmerican politician (1760-1803)
- Stevens T. MasonAmerican politician (1811-1843)
- Stevens BarclaisTaekwondo practitionerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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