What is the real name of the person in the Scumbag Steve meme?

The real name of the person in the Scumbag Steve meme is Blake Boston.

The photograph behind the meme was taken in 2006 by Boston’s mother, Susan, when he was 16 and living in Millis, Massachusetts. Boston posed wearing a backward Red Sox cap, a gold chain and a puffy coat with a fur-trimmed collar. The image was originally shared on his Myspace page before being repurposed years later.

The meme became widely popular in January 2011 after spreading through Reddit and 4chan. Its captions presented “Scumbag Steve” as a selfish or inconsiderate character, which did not reflect Boston’s actual identity. He later embraced the association publicly and even released music under the name “Blake Boston AKA Scumbag Steve.”

A common mix-up is confusing the meme’s fictional nickname with Boston’s real name. Kyle Craven is instead the person depicted in the “Bad Luck Brian” meme, while Anthony Z and Scott Lang are unrelated names.