Sten is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin meaning “stone.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Sten belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “stone” — is the sense carried by its Scandinavian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Sten first appears in Social Security records in 1945. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2761 in 1965, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 170 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Sten means “stone” in its Scandinavian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Sten is a boy name.
Sten comes from the Scandinavian tradition.
Sten first appears in US records in 1945. Its best-ever ranking was #2761 in 1965, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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