The Stebbins surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,484 people carried this name — #5,371 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 6,329 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Stebbins surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Stebbing’ — the first of the origins he gives.

An early record he cites: Richard de Stebing, Essex, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Stebbing, Stebbings, Stebbens and Stebbins.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 715 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

105 families named Stebbins, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 663 people lived in those households, 6.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 5 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Massachusetts 63
Connecticut 19
Vermont 12
New York 6
New Hampshire 5

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 263 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Stebbins in American newspapers,
1878–1903.

Newspaper page from The New Bloomfield, Pa. Times carrying the name Stebbins
The New Bloomfield, Pa. Times 1878-08-06
Newspaper page from The Delawarean carrying the name Stebbins
The Delawarean 1900-05-12
Newspaper page from Democratic Messenger carrying the name Stebbins
Democratic Messenger 1903-02-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 84,499 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Stebbins in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1980s.

3,201 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stebbins. The most, 905, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 6.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 1,140
Victoria 1,081
New South Wales 470
Queensland 295
South Australia 117
Western Australia 59
ACT (Canberra) 27

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stebbins.

Who carried it

People named Stebbins,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry G. Stebbins
    Henry G. Stebbins 1811–1881 · politician
  • Emma Stebbins
    Emma Stebbins 1815–1882 · artist
  • Isaac Stebbins
    Isaac Stebbins 1817–1888 · politician
  • Solomon B. Stebbins
    Solomon B. Stebbins 1830–1910 · politician
  • George Coles Stebbins
    George Coles Stebbins 1846–1945 · composer
  • Thomas Stebbins, Sr 1687–1758

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Stebbins,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States739 records

739 records of the Stebbins name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 246
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 210
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 112
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 96
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 56
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 12
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John W. Stebbins

    Born 1918 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Macarthur San Pedro, California; factory foreman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Arizona.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Alvin L. Stebbins

    Born 1932; from Grant County, Indiana. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Sarah Stebbins

    Arrived at New York in 1845 aboard the Argo from Havre, aged 30; farmer. From France.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 739 records for Stebbins in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia63 records

63 records of the Stebbins name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 25
  • Tasmanian Names Index 19
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 19
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Stephen J. Stebbins

    Former railway employee of Bendigo, Victoria; died 1950.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mary Ann Stebbins

    Died 1850 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 34.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mast Stebbins

    Sailed from Victoria in 1899 aboard the Penguin II, aged 3.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 63 records for Stebbins in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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