Stefan

“Crown; wreath” — Greek origin

Boy's name · #1021 in the US (2025) · 90s

Stefan has appeared in US records since 1910 — best rank #339 (1991) · 21,195 babies named Stefan all-time · 1 in 7,700 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: #4 in Bosnia (Rep. Srpska) (2025) · #6 in Serbia (2025) · #60 in Poland (2025) · #84 in Austria (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Stefans

Stefan Zweig — Austrian writer (1881–1942)
Stefan Banach — Polish mathematician (1892–1945)
Stefan Löfven — Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden between 2014–2021
Stefan Hell — director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany
Stefan George — German poet, editor, and translator (1868–1933)

Among 10,708 notable people named Stefan:

Scientists & scholars appear 2.06× more often than among typical names — e.g. Stefan Banach, Polish mathematician (1892–1945).

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