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Stefano

Masculine · “crown”

1914high 1991
#2539 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare52 boys in 2025

Stefano is a crown in Greek — stephanos, the victor's wreath — and the first Christian martyr carries it.

How old is the name Stefano?

Stefano first appears in US birth records in 1914 — 111 years ago. The typical Stefano alive today was born around 2000, making them about 25 years old. About 3,000 people named Stefano are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Stefano most popular?

Stefano peaked in 1993, reaching #1179 nationally. Today it ranks #2539, 1,360 places below that high. See the whole 1993 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Stefano

Stephanos named the wreath given to a winner rather than a royal crown, and Acts has Stephen stoned to death as the first Christian martyr — a martyr named Crown, which early writers made much of. Stefano is standard in Italian and appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

crown, garland

From the Greek stephanos, 'crown' or 'wreath', specifically the garland given to a victor in the games. Stephen was the first Christian martyr, and early writers noticed the coincidence. Stefano is the Italian form. The Greek is documented.

How the name formed

  1. stephanos
  2. Stephanus
  3. Stefano

Related forms: Stefano · Esteban · Stephen

Pronouncing Stefano

STEH-fah-noh

Three syllables, stress on the first. Italian says it that way.

Nicknames for Stefano

Moderate

StefoA clipping, used inside Italian families
SteveThe English short form, and a name in its own right with a large record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1914–202588440885219142025

US babies named Stefano per year from 1914 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#11791910s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1914
Most boys named
199188 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1179reached in 1993
Change vs 2023
−24.6%52 in 2025, from 69
Stefano sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1991, with 88 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Stefano in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Stefano in Italian — same name
  • Esteban in Spanish — related form
  • Stephen in English — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, New York, California.

Stefanos among us

3,000

people named Stefano are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 32,848 born in 2025 was named Stefano

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Stefano

#2539
Stefano on the 2025 chart
#865
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Stefano went to 52 boys in 2025, but Stephano is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 63, which makes it the 865th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,674 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 27,112 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 32,848 for Stefano itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Jeffrie test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Stefano's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jeffrie climbed just as high around 1961, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jeffrie's path sketches the road Stefano is walking now.

40%chance Stefano will feel dated by 2040
Stefano, aligned on its peakJeffrie· peak 1961not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+50 yrsJeffrie · #12191Stefano today
Stefano today is about where Jeffrie stood in 1993 — 32 years past a #1179-sized peak. By 2008, Jeffrie had settled around #9754.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Stefano sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Stefano is headed

19142030

US babies named Stefano per year, 1914 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Stefano looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 15% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.

Rising+15% by 2030projected around #2,431 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Stefano beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Stefano in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Stefanothis name52#2539Yanis52#2539Ebenezer52#2539Mazen52#2539Ziyad52#2539

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That the first martyr's name means a victor's crown is a first-rate coincidence.
  • Steve is available as an English short form with a large record.
  • It is standard in Italian without change.
What to consider
  • Stephen is what English speakers will substitute.
  • Three syllables make it moderately long for everyday use.
  • It reads as specifically Italian.

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Frequently asked

How many Stefanos are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,000 people named Stefano are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Stefano?
Stefano is the most-used spelling in US records — 52 of the 63 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Stephano.
How popular is the name Stefano in 2025?
Stefano ranks #2539 among US boy names in 2025, with 52 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Stefano?
About 1 in every 32,848 US boys born in 2025 was named Stefano — 52 in all.
Will my child share the name Stefano with classmates?
Stefano will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Stefano

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Yanis#2539 · Ebenezer#2539 · Mazen#2539 · Ziyad#2539 · Mercer#2539 · Ramy#2539 · Konnor#2539 · Luigi#2539

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