Girls' name · since 1949
Stephaine
Stephaine has 4,165 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1983 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,907 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 4,165
- born since 1949
- 1980s
- peak decade
4,165 girls have been named Stephaine since 1949, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Stephaine has 4,165 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 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2019.
- #2,907 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 4,165 born since 1949
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stephaine ranks #2,907 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 4,165 born since 1949, peaking in the 1980s.
- #2,907 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 4,165
- born since 1949
- 1980s
- peak decade
Stephaine's 4,165 recorded births place it above 95.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Stephaine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Stephaine splits its recorded history at 1982: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1949 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1983 peak of 195 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Stephaine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2019
- Peak year (1983)
- 195
- Annual births at peak, across 71 years of records
Stephaine by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (1,454 births, 35% of the file).
1980s was Stephaine's strongest decade.
1,454 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Stephaine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 151
1950s
151 births
- 1960s
1960s
659 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,158 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,454 births
- 1990s
1990s
582 births
- 2000s 133
2000s
133 births
- 2010s 23
2010s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 1,454 births (35% of all-time use).
How Stephaine 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 Stephaine's total volume
Stephaine by state
Where Stephaine concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 392 | 9.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 300 | 7.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 251 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 145 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 114 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 111 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 91 | 2.2% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 82 | 2.0% |
392 of 4,165 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Stephaine appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Stephaine's data
- Stephaine's decade-level peak was the 1980s (1,454 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Stephaines (392 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
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Stephaine: 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 (~70 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, 1949–2019 (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 Stephaine 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.