Stephany

#2,895 for girls in 2025, 58 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1990 · 564 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,171
since 1910

Stephany over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Stephany has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #442, 1990girls
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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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2025#2,89558—
2024#2,74962—
2023#3,04754—
2022#3,07353—
2021#3,06953—
2020#3,33846—
2019#2,35576—
2018#2,25481—
2017#1,98999—
2016#1,857111—
2015#1,477155—
2014#1,736120—
2013#1,457153—
2012#1,214200—
2011#1,189202—
2010#979259—
2009#983269—
2008#903307—
2007#796361—
2006#806340—
2005#706386—
2004#749350—
2003#680385—
2002#672376—
2001#659382—
2000#723321—
1999#662346—
1998#677340—
1997#630355—
1996#533443—
1995#563410—
1994#505490—
1993#501493#8,7005
1992#453549—
1991#463529—
1990#442564—
1989#472502—
1988#494459—
1987#522390—
1986#699259—
1985#933168—
1984#1,021139—
1983#1,190109—
1982#1,005147—
1981#1,082129—
1980#1,105125—
1979#1,056131—
1978#1,078122—
1977#1,108116—
1976#1,047117—
1975#1,119104—
1974#1,16597—
1973#1,088105—
1972#979123—
1971#1,133103—
1970#989126—
1969#1,066106—
1968#1,15787—
1967#990106—
1966#1,39662—
1965#1,39462—
1964#1,53255—
1963#1,42961—
1962#1,85838—
1961#1,34369—
1960#1,58050—
1959#1,69542—
1958#1,44854—
1957#1,27468—
1956#1,58145—
1955#1,44549—
1954#1,48146—
1953#1,73833—
1952#1,36850—
1951#1,48140—
1950#1,30249—
1949#1,25153—
1948#1,13562—
1947#1,41343—
1946#1,61730—
1945#1,87420—
1944#1,51929—
1943#2,86111—
1942#1,91720—
1941#2,27214—
1940#2,42412—
1939#3,1458—
1938#1,80519—
1937#3,1468—
1936#2,38612—
1935#2,30513—
1934#4,2865—
1933#3,1098—
1932#2,23514—
1931#3,2268—
1930#4,0476—
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1928#4,7255—
1927#3,5618—
1926#3,5648—
1925#4,9735—
1924#3,6658—
1923#3,6418—
1922#2,95811—
1921#2,63313—
1920#2,35715—
1919#2,15616—
1918#1,60025—
1917#1,65222—
1916#1,11440—
1915#1,36727—
1914#2,00912—
1913#1,67013—
1912#2,9795—
1911#1,7928—
1910#2,1406—
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First appearance
1910

The first year at least five girls were named Stephany! It came in at #2,140, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1928–1929, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Stephany is popular in 1997

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedMNIllinois: #731 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,378 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedMINew York: #623 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 4,391 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedORNevada: #246 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,068 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedIAIndiana: #819 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,559 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #505 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,480 girlsNJConnecticut: #464 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,087 girlsCTCalifornia: #326 for girls · 129 births · 1 in 1,728 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedUTColorado: #694 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,190 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedWVVirginia: #740 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,543 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedDEArizona: #378 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,872 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #579 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,006 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Stephany, so not publishedHITexas: #535 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 3,331 girlsTXFlorida: #583 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,861 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#246 · 1 in 1,068
  2. California#326 · 1 in 1,728
  3. Arizona#378 · 1 in 1,872
  4. Connecticut#464 · 1 in 3,087
  5. New Jersey#505 · 1 in 3,480

Best ever in a state: #159 in North Dakota, 1991.

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Nevada#24681 in 1,068
California#3261291 in 1,728
Arizona#378151 in 1,872
Connecticut#46451 in 3,087
New Jersey#505121 in 3,480
Texas#535421 in 3,331
North Carolina#579101 in 4,006
Florida#583191 in 3,861
New York#623231 in 4,391
Colorado#69451 in 4,190
Illinois#731131 in 5,378
Virginia#74061 in 5,543
Indiana#81951 in 6,559
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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 Stephany
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 146 spots since 2024 (#2,749 → #2,895)
  • 443 spots since 2020 (#3,338 → #2,895)
  • 1,418 spots since 2015 (#1,477 → #2,895)
  • Biggest jump: 406 spots in 1967 (#1,396 → #990)
  • Biggest drop: 210 spots in 2011 (#979 → #1,189)
Rise & fade · girls
80 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1910
  • Peaked 1990 at #442 (564 births)
  • Births halved by 2009, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1985–2010
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,359
  • Highest: 1 in 3,359 girls born in 1992 were named Stephany (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 27,711 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #442 in 1990, was only 1 in 3,366 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 29.8% of all girls named Stephany (4,519) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s174#1,114 (1916)#1,848
1920s81#2,357 (1920)#3,564
1930s101#1,805 (1938)#2,969
1940s294#1,135 (1948)#1,828
1950s476#1,274 (1957)#1,481
1960s696#990 (1967)#1,375
1970s1,144#979 (1972)#1,076
1980s2,427#472 (1989)#852
1990s4,519#442 (1990)#543
2000s3,477#659 (2001)#768
2010s1,456#979 (2010)#1,651
2020s326#2,749 (2024)#3,029

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.

Stephany in 1997

girls
#630
355 births · 1 in 4,903 girls

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #630Stephany355
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 4,903 of them was named Stephany, which outranked 96.1% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stephany
  1. #627Brittani358
  2. #627Susana358
  3. #629Selina357
  4. #630Stephany355
  5. #630Celina355
  6. #630Karly355
  7. #630Norma355
  8. #634Aisha353
  9. #634Yolanda353
  10. #636Angie352

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

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

See the top 100 for 1997 →