Holding steady, #12,008 for boys today.
Popularity of Stevenson since 1912
Babies named Stevenson per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1953, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Stevenson's real moment was 1986.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 21 |
| 1920s | 29 |
| 1930s | 37 |
| 1940s | 89 |
| 1950s | 265 |
| 1960s | 192 |
| 1970s | 183 |
| 1980s | 239 |
| 1990s | 203 |
| 2000s | 139 |
| 2010s | 108 |
| 2020s | 54 |
Meaning & origin
Stevenson is a patronymic surname turned given name, drawn from the English tradition of using father-based occupational or familial identifiers. As a first name, it has never been common: in the most recent data from 2023, it ranked 12,008th, with about 1 in 341,615 newborns receiving the name. Its peak year of usage was 1986, and its popularity has remained stable since, never breaking into the top thousand. The name's consistent but low-level use reflects a broader trend of adopting surnames as first names, particularly in English-speaking countries. Though it has no strong regional ties in the U.S., it carries a distinguished, literary echo through figures like Robert Louis Stevenson, though the name is not directly linked to any famous bearer in official records.
Stevenson is a patronymic surname derived from the given name Steven, itself an English form of the Greek Stephanos, meaning "crown" or "garland." It originated in medieval England as a common way to identify individuals by their father's name. As a given name, Stevenson is a modern extension of the surname tradition, occasionally used in English-speaking countries.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Steve, Stevie, Sonny
Variants: Stephenson
Sibling names for Stevenson
Names that share Stevenson's style, for a brother or sister.
