Estephanie — #12502 US girls' name
1,839 babies named Estephanie in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 29% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Estephanie was born in this single decade.
96 babies were named Estephanie in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Estephanie
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,839 babies named Estephanie between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Estephanie currently holds the #12502 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 96 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Estephanie performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 743 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Estephanie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 626 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Estephanie in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Estephanie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,839 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Estephanie at a glance
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Current rank
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Estephanie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1983
- Peak year (2003)
- 96
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
Currently ranks #12502 among girls.
1,839 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 96 births in a single year.
Estephanie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 743 births that decade — 40% of Estephanie's all-time total
Estephanie decade highlights
- Peak decade 743 births
- Runner-up 723 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Estephanie's strongest decade
743 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Estephanie by state
Where Estephanie concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 626 | 34.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 362 | 19.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 77 | 4.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 53 | 2.9% |
| #5 | Florida | | 22 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 20 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 16 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 16 | 0.9% |
626 of 1,839 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 34.0% of nationwide
- Texas 19.7% of nationwide
- New York 4.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.9% of nationwide
- Florida 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 34.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Estephanie appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1983–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.