Stedman

Popularity Trends

The name Stedman is the #7,371 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 368 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 4.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,218 (8.0% percentile) for all time with 368 births since 1918.

Stedman first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (first recorded for boys in 1918). Birth data for Stedman is available in 26 out of the 100 years between 1918 and 2017. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Stedman reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 10.7% percentile (ranked #676) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 39 births per million (ranked 10.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2017.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Stedman".

1918 2017 19182017

Key Statistics

Total Births

368

Peak Births

Peak Year

1989

First Recorded

1918

Peak Percentile

10.7%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#676

Current Rank

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Male statistics

Names That Sound Similar

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Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Stedman", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Stedman.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Stedman's popularity from 1915 to 2020 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Stedman at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Stedman range from Khrystyna at 88.7% correlation to Jerlisa at 85.0% correlation, with an average correlation level of 86.9%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Arsenio with 2.2K births (100% boys) and the least popular is Sharneice with 56 births (100% girls).

Stedman's share of births peaked at 39.1 births per million for boys in 1989. It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (6% of peak) in 2007. In 2017, the most recent period with data, the name Stedman had 3 births per million, 8% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Khrystyna

88.69% (very strong)

Sharneice

88.04% (very strong)

Shadoe

255

87.89% (very strong)

Arsenio

2,175

87.50% (very strong)

Britny

1,909

87.34% (very strong)

Ceciley

131

87.27% (very strong)

Brettany

133

86.84% (very strong)

Laporcha

246

86.61% (very strong)

Terrisha

129

86.37% (very strong)

Whittley

86.06% (very strong)

Gelisa

129

85.28% (very strong)

Jerlisa

116

85.04% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Stedman

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Stedman. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Stedman is pronounced as STEHD-muhn, which has 2 syllables.

STEHD-muhn

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STEHD-muhn (2 syllables)

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S T EH1 D M AH0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like S T EH1 D M AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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