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Stefano

boy name
Origin
Italian
Syllables
3
Peak era
2000s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

crown (Italian form of Stephen)

The story

Stefano leads from an Italian name to a complaint about people being overlooked. It is the Italian form of Stephen, from Greek Stephanos, "crown" or "wreath," literally something that surrounds. In Acts, Stephen enters a community facing a practical problem: Greek-speaking believers say their widows are being neglected in the daily distribution. He is one of seven men chosen to address that need. The text gives us an appointment and a responsibility, leaving the details of how he carried it out untold. Catholic observance remembers Stephen as the first martyr on December 26, immediately after Christmas. That place in the calendar gives Stefano a familiar religious connection, while the earlier episode brings the saint closer to ordinary life. Behind the crown in the name is a story that begins with making sure neglected people count.

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Stefano across languages

One shared root links 11 names across 5 languages.

Shared root: from Greek stephanos "crown, garland"

The constellation

StefanoItalianStephenEnglishStephanGermanEstebanSpanish

More branches

StevenEnglish · variantSteveEnglish · short formEstevanSpanish · variantStephanieFrench · feminine formStefanieGerman · feminine formStephanyEnglish · feminine formStephaniaEnglish · feminine form

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How popular is Stefano around the world?

In the United States, 341 babies were named Stefano between 2020 and 2025. In Argentina, 533 newborns were given the name Stefano in 2024.

Stefano is on the official records of the United States, Argentina, Chile, Montevideo, Spain, Mexico City, Canada, Austria, Brazil, England and Wales and France.

United States

1 in 64,000

In the United States, 341 babies were named Stefano between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2000s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Stefano peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Argentina

1 in 1,200

In Argentina, 533 newborns were given the name Stefano in 2024.

2012peak 20182024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Chile

1 in 2,700

In Chile, 67 boys were registered as Stefano in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1920peak 2016

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Montevideo City

1 in 4,100 · 2011

In Montevideo, 6 boys named Stefano were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

1940peak 19912011

share of that year’s births on record

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Spain

1 in 21,000

In Spain, 2,125 residents are named Stefano, the 771st most common name among men, with a mean age of 39.9 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Mexico City City

1 in 24,000

In Mexico City, there were 5 registrations of Stefano in 2022.

peak 20052022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Canada

1 in 28,000

In Canada, 13 boys named Stefano were born in 2024, ranked 1,614th among boys that year.

1991peak 20052024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Austria

1 in 38,000

In Austria, 2 boys named Stefano were born in 2025, ranked 1,241st among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

peak 19912025

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Brazil

1 in 67,000

At the 2022 census, 3,002 people in Brazil were named Stefano, ranked 3,895th, with a median age of 31.
Among people named Stefano living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.

1930speak 1990s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 92 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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England and Wales

1 in 98,000

In England and Wales, 6 boys named Stefano were born in 2025, ranked 3,256th among boys that year.

peak 20002025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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France

1 in 130,000

In France, about 5 boys named Stefano were born in 2025, ranked 4,057th among boys that year.

1920peak 19912025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Ireland

last on record 1995

Stefano is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Poland

last on record 2024

Stefano is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Scotland

last on record 1993

Stefano is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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South Australia

last on record 2013

Stefano is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Not on the record in Puerto Rico and New Zealand: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Stefano

Most people given the name Stefano in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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