Girls' name · since 1983
Estephanie
Since 1983, U.S. Social Security records show 1,845 babies named Estephanie, peaking in 2003. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #4,958 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,647 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,845
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Estephanie is the #13647 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,845 recorded since 1983.
Estephanie has 1,845 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13647 as of the latest data, more common than 21% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.
- #4,958 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,647 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,845 born since 1983
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Estephanie ranks #4,958 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,647 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,845 born since 1983, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,958 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,647 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,845
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Estephanie's 1,845 recorded births place it above 93.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Estephanie compares
1,845 Top 23% higher than 77% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Estephanie's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Estephanie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,845 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 96 | 21 | 19,840 |
Estephanie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Estephanie splits its recorded history at 2004: 35% of all births land in the more recent half, 65% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 96 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Estephanie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 96
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Estephanie by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (743 births, 40% of the file).
1990s was Estephanie's strongest decade.
743 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Estephanie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 132
1980s
132 births
- 1990s
1990s
743 births
- 2000s
2000s
723 births
- 2010s 205
2010s
205 births
- 2020s 42
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 743 births (40% of all-time use).
How Estephanie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Estephanie's total volume
Estephanie by state
Where Estephanie concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 626 | 33.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 362 | 19.6% |
| #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 1,845 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Estephanie appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Estephanie's data
- Estephanie's decade-level peak was the 1990s (743 total births); usage has since declined to 42 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Estephanies (626 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Estephanie
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Estephanie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~42 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1983–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Estephanie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.