Girls' name · since 1949
Stefany
4,330 babies named Stefany in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,831 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,010 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,330
- born since 1949
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Stefany is the #3010 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 4,330 recorded since 1949.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stefany has been recorded 4,330 times among girls since 1949, currently ranked #3010 nationally and more common than 83% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2025.
- #2,831 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,010 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,330 born since 1949
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stefany ranks #2,831 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,010 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,330 born since 1949, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,831 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,010 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,330
- born since 1949
- 2000s
- peak decade
Stefany's 4,330 recorded births place it above 96.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
20 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Stefany compares
4,330 Top 15% higher than 85% 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
Stefany's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Stefany | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,330 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 150 | 21 | 19,840 |
Stefany's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Stefany splits its recorded history at 1992: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1958 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 150 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Stefany popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 150
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Stefany by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,177 births, 27% of the file).
2000s was Stefany's strongest decade.
1,177 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Stefany births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 84
1960s
84 births
- 1970s 287
1970s
287 births
- 1980s
1980s
665 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,049 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,177 births
- 2010s
2010s
736 births
- 2020s 315
2020s
315 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,177 births (27% of all-time use).
How Stefany 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 Stefany's total volume
Stefany by state
Where Stefany concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 804 | 18.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 506 | 11.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 296 | 6.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 172 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 161 | 3.7% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 117 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 34 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 29 | 0.7% |
804 of 4,330 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Stefany appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Stefany's data
- Stefany's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,177 total births); usage has since declined to 315 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Stefanys (804 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.
Keep exploring Stefany
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Stefany
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Stefany: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~76 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, 1949–2025 (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 Stefany 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.