Fun Facts About the Name Stefanos
- 514 babies named Stefanos: U.S. records list 514 babies given the name Stefanos from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Stefanos Mean?
Stefanos is a Greek masculine name meaning "crown" or "wreath." It comes from the ancient Greek noun στέφανος (stephanos), the word for the wreath of leaves or flowers worn as a mark of honor and awarded to victors in athletic and poetic contests. The noun is related to the verb στέφω (stepho), "to encircle" or "to crown," so its literal sense is something that encircles the head.
The literal meaning is simply "crown" or "garland"; reading the name as "crowned one" or as a statement about honor is a customary interpretation rather than a separate etymology. Stefanos is the modern Greek form of the same name that older transliterations write as Stephanos, corresponding to the Latin Stephanus and the English Stephen.
Stefanos Name History & Origins
The name carries the Greek masculine ending -os, so Στέφανος is the nominative form; other grammatical cases produce forms such as Στεφάνου (Stefanou) and Στέφανον (Stefanon). The name is attested in the Greek-speaking world of antiquity; a later documented bearer is Stephanos of Byzantium, the sixth-century grammarian who compiled the geographical dictionary known as the Ethnika.
The name also appears in the New Testament, where Stephen is one of the seven men chosen to serve the early church in Jerusalem and becomes its first martyr, stoned to death in the account in Acts 6 - 7. His name in the Greek text is Στέφανος. Veneration of Saint Stephen spread the name among Christian communities, and his feast is kept on December 26 in the Western churches and December 27 in the Eastern Orthodox churches.
The spelling Stefanos reflects the pronunciation of modern Greek, in which the letter phi (φ) is sounded as f; the older transliteration Stephanos reflects the classical pronunciation, in which phi was an aspirated p. In Greece and Cyprus, Stefanos is the standard form of the name, and it is also used in Greek-speaking communities abroad.
How Popular is the Name Stefanos?
Stefanos has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #3,333 in 1968.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,579 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2024 | #8,853 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #6,460 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2022 | #6,110 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #6,623 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #7,429 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #6,363 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2018 | #8,077 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #7,041 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #7,539 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #5,951 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2014 | #11,916 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #6,196 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #6,258 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2011 | #7,983 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #7,507 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2009 | #8,217 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #7,629 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 2007 | #6,554 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 2006 | #7,348 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #11,278 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #5,210 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2003 | #6,660 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2002 | #8,336 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #5,100 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2000 | #6,761 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1999 | #7,774 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #7,454 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #4,641 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1996 | #4,365 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1995 | #4,241 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1994 | #6,289 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #6,160 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1992 | #9,631 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #9,441 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1990 | #5,751 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #4,486 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1988 | #7,137 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #5,087 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #7,192 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #7,192 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #4,537 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1981 | #4,452 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #4,354 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #4,865 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1975 | #4,259 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #4,576 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1973 | #5,785 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1972 | #4,379 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #4,941 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1968 | #3,333 | 8 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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