Girls' name · since 1982
Stafanie
37 babies named Stafanie in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #38,637 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Stafanie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 37 have been recorded since 1982.
Stafanie has 37 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 1987.
- #38,637 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 37 born since 1982
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stafanie ranks #38,637 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 1982, peaking in the 1980s.
- #38,637 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Stafanie's 37 recorded births place it above 46.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Stafanie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Stafanie's SSA record in two at 1985 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1983 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Stafanie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1987
- Peak year (1983)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Stafanie by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (37 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Stafanie's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Stafanie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 37 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Stafanie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~5 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, 1982–1987 (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 Stafanie 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.