Stephanie

#557 for girls in 2025, 543 births · Last seen for boys in 2011 at #10,808
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1985 · 23,243 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
48 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
745,148
since 1891

Stephanie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #6, 1985girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#557543—
2024#534571—
2023#467659—
2022#480659—
2021#452692—
2020#437703—
2019#352896—
2018#3181,031—
2017#2871,136—
2016#2361,370—
2015#2091,558—
2014#2051,644—
2013#1941,677—
2012#1681,888—
2011#1462,151#10,8086
2010#1262,492—
2009#1122,922#10,9946
2008#1053,320#9,0198
2007#883,811#8,9158
2006#704,511#10,6626
2005#644,701#7,09610
2004#555,181#5,00716
2003#495,603#6,25811
2002#416,270#4,32218
2001#436,613#4,30218
2000#407,028#5,92011
1999#377,692#3,48022
1998#298,491#3,70819
1997#239,778#2,61330
1996#2011,643#2,21837
1995#1612,977#1,88745
1994#1514,750#1,68953
1993#1017,186#1,49362
1992#819,680#1,32872
1991#722,775#1,17089
1990#724,864#1,049102
1989#822,766#837143
1988#722,843#1,02392
1987#622,402#914106
1986#622,651#92597
1985#623,243#845113
1984#623,025#848107
1983#822,329#89596
1982#720,861#99582
1981#820,212#90697
1980#1317,841#1,04275
1979#1516,204#1,02375
1978#1616,233#1,12161
1977#1415,417#1,15857
1976#1115,180#1,08460
1975#915,775#96572
1974#916,984#1,05261
1973#917,263#98767
1972#816,890#1,06957
1971#1115,135#1,13852
1970#1715,387#1,04361
1969#1914,488#1,13647
1968#2312,953#1,39331
1967#2513,354#1,15042
1966#3810,160#1,21638
1965#449,765#1,22639
1964#577,938#1,97517
1963#646,825#1,90218
1962#706,257#1,80520
1961#785,816#2,40912
1960#915,265#2,31513
1959#1014,826#2,29513
1958#1134,252#2,8189
1957#1104,221#3,2577
1956#1113,911#2,16814
1955#1143,749#3,2017
1954#1233,369#2,9428
1953#1233,081—
1952#1232,931#3,3736
1951#1292,575—
1950#1222,642—
1949#1282,515#2,45310
1948#1372,103—
1947#1711,693#3,0967
1946#1761,508—
1945#219871—
1944#220898—
1943#238800—
1942#269663—
1941#292491—
1940#319394—
1939#398282—
1938#442232—
1937#452209—
1936#496169—
1935#512156—
1934#568128—
1933#637106—
1932#572131—
1931#71788—
1930#679102—
1929#70698—
1928#632124—
1927#638126—
1926#544166—
1925#559165—
1924#463225—
1923#433243—
1922#459223—
1921#382305—
1920#370313—
1919#364311—
1918#333374—
1917#309394—
1916#302397—
1915#308361—
1914#315280—
1913#358185—
1912#355165—
1911#373118—
1910#42188—
1909#47363—
1908#43868—
1907#55443—
1906#60235—
1905#57936—
1904#60032—
1903#56533—
1902#1,02412—
1901#79517—
1900#74224—
1899#83515—
1898#92014—
1897#69920—
1896#90313—
1895#1,2028—
1894#1,1368—
1893#1,0918—
1892#1,0179—
1891#1,3325—
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First appearance
1891

The first year at least five girls were named Stephanie! It came in at #1,332, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Stephanie is popular in 1947

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedAKMaine: #115 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 588 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedNHWashington: #119 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 561 girlsWAIdaho: #160 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 754 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #153 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,064 girlsMNIllinois: #189 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 1,472 girlsILWisconsin: #228 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,325 girlsWIMichigan: #161 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 1,119 girlsMINew York: #101 for girls · 317 births · 1 in 475 girlsNYMassachusetts: #120 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 778 girlsMARhode Island: #158 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,135 girlsRIOregon: #131 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 666 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #138 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 812 girlsSDIowa: #143 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 887 girlsIAIndiana: #143 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 934 girlsINOhio: #139 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 883 girlsOHPennsylvania: #142 for girls · 137 births · 1 in 830 girlsPANew Jersey: #164 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 1,055 girlsNJConnecticut: #157 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,023 girlsCTCalifornia: #115 for girls · 218 births · 1 in 518 girlsCAUtah: #113 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 480 girlsUTColorado: #161 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 844 girlsCONebraska: #166 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,224 girlsNEMissouri: #177 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,283 girlsMOKentucky: #314 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,025 girlsKYWest Virginia: #181 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,138 girlsWVVirginia: #228 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,552 girlsVAMaryland: #103 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 474 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedDEArizona: #185 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 837 girlsAZNew Mexico: #215 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,024 girlsNMKansas: #186 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,317 girlsKSArkansas: #442 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,673 girlsARTennessee: #309 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,867 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #386 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,030 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #288 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,179 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #111 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 532 girlsDCOklahoma: #354 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,296 girlsOKLouisiana: #330 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,194 girlsLAMississippi: #502 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,801 girlsMSAlabama: #347 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,275 girlsALGeorgia: #430 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,854 girlsGAHawaii: #66 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 234 girlsHITexas: #322 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 2,352 girlsTXFlorida: #233 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,506 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#66 · 1 in 234
  2. New York#101 · 1 in 475
  3. Maryland#103 · 1 in 474
  4. District of Columbia#111 · 1 in 532
  5. Utah#113 · 1 in 480

Best ever in a state: #2 in Wyoming, 1972.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#66231 in 234
New York#1013171 in 475
Maryland#103511 in 474
District of Columbia#111221 in 532
Utah#113181 in 480
California#1152181 in 518
Maine#115171 in 588
Washington#119461 in 561
Massachusetts#120631 in 778
Oregon#131231 in 666
South Dakota#13881 in 812
Ohio#1391021 in 883
Pennsylvania#1421371 in 830
Indiana#143461 in 934
Iowa#143321 in 887
Minnesota#153311 in 1,064
Connecticut#157191 in 1,023
Rhode Island#15871 in 1,135
Idaho#16081 in 754
Colorado#161171 in 844
Michigan#161651 in 1,119
New Jersey#164441 in 1,055
Nebraska#166111 in 1,224
Missouri#177321 in 1,283
West Virginia#181221 in 1,138
Arizona#185101 in 837
Kansas#186141 in 1,317
Illinois#189601 in 1,472
New Mexico#21581 in 1,024
Virginia#228241 in 1,552
Wisconsin#228161 in 2,325
Florida#233181 in 1,506
South Carolina#288131 in 2,179
Tennessee#309141 in 2,867
Kentucky#314121 in 3,025
Texas#322391 in 2,352
Louisiana#330151 in 2,194
Alabama#347121 in 3,275
Oklahoma#35471 in 3,296
North Carolina#386131 in 4,030
Georgia#43091 in 4,854
Arkansas#44251 in 4,673
Mississippi#50251 in 5,801
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Stephanie
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 23 spots since 2024 (#534 → #557)
  • 120 spots since 2020 (#437 → #557)
  • 348 spots since 2015 (#209 → #557)
  • Biggest jump: 459 spots in 1903 (#1,024 → #565)
  • Biggest drop: 229 spots in 1902 (#795 → #1,024)
Rise & fade · girls
94 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 1985 at #6 (23,243 births)
  • Births halved by 1997, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: 17 yrs · run 1981–1993
  • Top 100: 48 yrs · run 1960–2007
  • Top 1,000: 129 yrs · run 1903–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 73
  • Highest: 1 in 73 girls born in 1984 were named Stephanie (1.4%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,960 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #6 in 1985, was only 1 in 74 (1.4%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 29.3% of all girls named Stephanie (218,173) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s100#699 (1897)#1,015
1900s363#438 (1908)#637
1910s2,673#302 (1916)#344
1920s1,988#370 (1920)#519
1930s1,603#398 (1939)#547
1940s11,936#128 (1949)#217
1950s35,557#101 (1959)#117
1960s92,821#19 (1969)#51
1970s160,468#8 (1972)#12
1980s218,173#6 (1985)#8
1990s149,836#7 (1990)#17
2000s49,960#40 (2000)#67
2010s15,843#126 (2010)#224
2020s3,827#437 (2020)#488

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Stephanie in 1947

girls
#171
1,693 births · 1 in 1,047 girls
boys
#3,096
7 births · 1 in 261,371 boys

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #171Stephanie1,693

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #3,096Stephanie7
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 1,047 of them was named Stephanie, which outranked 97.2% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stephanie
  1. #168Eva1,783
  2. #169Vickie1,706
  3. #170Denise1,699
  4. #171Stephanie1,693
  5. #172Bernice1,688
  6. #173Willie1,683
  7. #174Jackie1,660
Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 417Michaele#1,276 → #859
  2. ↑ 385Carlotta#997 → #612
  3. ↑ 332Ricki#1,290 → #958
  4. ↑ 300Daria#1,220 → #920
  5. ↑ 290Ivy#1,087 → #797
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Merlene#961 → #1,302
  2. ↓ 285Beatriz#985 → #1,270
  3. ↓ 276Ruthanne#874 → #1,150
  4. ↓ 253Estela#897 → #1,150
  5. ↓ 242Verla#885 → #1,127

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 261,371 of them was named Stephanie, which outranked 27.4% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stephanie
  1. #2,862Yancey8
  2. #2,862Yancy8
  3. #2,862Ygnacio8
  4. #3,096Stephanie7
  5. #3,096Albaro7
  6. #3,096Albertus7
  7. #3,096Aleck7
  8. #3,370Abdullah6
  9. #3,370Abundio6
  10. #3,370Albion6

Tied with 273 names at #3,096; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,271Brock#2,271 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 586Shawn#1,509 → #923
  3. ↑ 500Jed#1,475 → #975
  4. ↑ 358Jody#935 → #577
  5. ↑ 355Deryl#1,355 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Hurley#952 → #1,449
  2. ↓ 393Prentice#878 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 362Darvin#935 → #1,297
  4. ↓ 310Lary#826 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 303Judith#856 → #1,159

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1947 →