Stephani — #13616 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Stephani

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,305 babies named Stephani between 1940 and 2024, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Stephani currently holds the #13616 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 637 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Stephani performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,819 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Stephani shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 768 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Stephani in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Stephani 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 5,305 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.