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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rare

SteveIn Hebrew: סטיב · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Steve (Hebrew: סטיב) is a boy's name of international origin. 567 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1978, with 22 babies.

People in Israel
567
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1978
22 babies
USA, 2025
105
rank #1,609

Writing and saying Steve

In Hebrew letters the name is סטיב, read right to left. Steve is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Steve by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Steve: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Steve in English-speaking countries

Steve in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025105#1,6091959 (11,068)
United Kingdom202518#1,5392005 (27)
England and Wales202518#1,4671996 (28)
Ireland20255#5522012 (9)
Alberta20252#1,5711981 (15)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Steve has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Steve

How do you write Steve in Hebrew?

Steve is written סטיב in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Steve?

567 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name סטיב: 0 women and 567 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Steve a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named סטיב are men.

Is Steve used outside Israel?

The name Steve appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 105 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,609), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 18 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.