Girls' name · since 1949
Steffany
Steffany has 1,824 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,003 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,824
- born since 1949
- 1990s
- peak decade
Steffany is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,824 have been recorded since 1949.
Steffany has 1,824 recorded births among girls since 1949, 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 1949 to 2023.
- #5,003 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,824 born since 1949
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Steffany ranks #5,003 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,824 born since 1949, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,003 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,824
- born since 1949
- 1990s
- peak decade
Steffany's 1,824 recorded births place it above 93.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Steffany's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Steffany's SSA record in two at 1991 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 1949, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 76, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Steffany popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2023
- Peak year (1990)
- 76
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Steffany by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (532 births, 29% of the file).
1990s was Steffany's strongest decade.
532 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Steffany births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 17
1950s
17 births
- 1960s 80
1960s
80 births
- 1970s
1970s
275 births
- 1980s
1980s
473 births
- 1990s
1990s
532 births
- 2000s
2000s
294 births
- 2010s 119
2010s
119 births
- 2020s 29
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 532 births (29% of all-time use).
How Steffany 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 Steffany's total volume
Steffany by state
Where Steffany concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 224 | 12.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 101 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 27 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 21 | 1.2% |
| #5 | New York | | 15 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 7 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.3% |
224 of 1,824 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Steffany's decade-level peak was the 1990s (532 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Steffanys (224 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Steffany: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~74 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, 1949–2023 (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 Steffany 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.