Stephanie Girl
How popular is Stephanie?
#557 girl name in 2025
543 baby girls were named Stephanie in the US in 2025, making it the 557th most popular girl name.
Stephanie popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #557 for girls (▼ 23 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 543 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-65% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #209 in 2015, #437 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (24,864 girls) |
| Highest rank | #6 in 1984 (4 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1891 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Stephanie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Stephanie family of names ranked #434 for girls in 2025 (#410 the year before), with 690 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Stephanie | 543 | 79% |
| Stephany | 58 | 8% |
| Stefany | 55 | 8% |
| Stefanie | 12 | 2% |
| Stefani | 16 | 2% |
| Stefanny | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Stephanie is most popular
Babies named Stephanie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nevada: 0.9 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- Maryland: 0.8 per 1,000 (89 girls)
- California: 0.7 per 1,000 (552 girls)
- Arizona: 0.6 per 1,000 (82 girls)
- Texas: 0.6 per 1,000 (465 girls)
Stephanie by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 100 | #699 |
| 1900s | 363 | #438 |
| 1910s | 2,673 | #302 |
| 1920s | 1,988 | #370 |
| 1930s | 1,603 | #398 |
| 1940s | 11,936 | #128 |
| 1950s | 35,557 | #101 |
| 1960s | 92,821 | #19 |
| 1970s | 160,468 | #8 |
| 1980s | 218,173 | #6 |
| 1990s | 149,836 | #7 |
| 2000s | 49,960 | #40 |
| 2010s | 15,843 | #126 |
| 2020s | 3,827 | #437 |
Girl names about as popular as Stephanie
Questions
- Is Stephanie a boy or girl name?
- Stephanie is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Stephanie were girls.
- How popular is the name Stephanie?
- 543 baby girls were named Stephanie in the US in 2025, making it the 557th most popular girl name.
- When was Stephanie most popular?
- Stephanie peaked in 1990, when 24,864 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #6, held for 4 years starting in 1984.
- How many people are named Stephanie?
- 747,786 babies have been named Stephanie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 704,037 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 43.
- Where is Stephanie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Stephanie was most common in Nevada, at 0.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.