Stephaney — girls' name
422 babies named Stephaney in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Stephaney was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Stephaney in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Stephaney
The Social Security Administration has registered 422 babies named Stephaney between 1951 and 2009, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Stephaney currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Stephaney performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Stephaney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Stephaney in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Stephaney in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 422 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Stephaney at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Stephaney popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1951
- Peak year (1990)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
422 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 19 births in a single year.
Stephaney by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 135 births that decade — 32% of Stephaney's all-time total
Stephaney decade highlights
- Peak decade 135 births
- Runner-up 111 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Stephaney's strongest decade
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Stephaney by state
Where Stephaney concentrates geographically — total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 422 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1951–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.