Girls' name · since 1917
Stefana
67 babies named Stefana in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,673 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 67
- born since 1917
- 1990s
- peak decade
Stefana is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 67 have been recorded since 1917.
Stefana has 67 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1917 to 2006.
- #31,673 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 67 born since 1917
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stefana ranks #31,673 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 67 born since 1917, peaking in the 1990s.
- #31,673 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 67
- born since 1917
- 1990s
- peak decade
Stefana's 67 recorded births place it above 56.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Stefana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Stefana splits its recorded history at 1991: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1929 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1917 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Stefana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2006
- Peak year (1917)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 90 years of records
Stefana by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (28 births, 42% of the file).
1990s was Stefana's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Stefana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 7
1910s
7 births
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
28 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 28 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Stefana's decade-level peak was the 1990s (28 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Stefana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~89 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, 1917–2006 (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 Stefana 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.