Boy · English short form of a Greek name
Steve
Say it: STEEV
Meaning
A short form of Stephen, from Greek stephanos 'crown, wreath'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Given as a full name in the US since the 1880s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1950s
In the United States
- 241,604 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1959, about 1 in 193 boys
- 147 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Steve Jobs, American businessman
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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