Stephanie
Stephanie was given to 543 girls in 2025, #557 among girls’ names; 747,786 Americans have been recorded with it since 1891 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 698,000 Americans named Stephanie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (93% of everyone recorded); the median is 42 years old and half are between 35 and 53.
Stephanie is the #18 most common first name among living American women and girls, by this estimate.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Stephanie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Stephanie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Stephanie is “a female given name from French.”
Borrowed from French Stéphanie. The standard English feminine form of Stephen. Doublet of Stephania.
/ˈstɛfəni/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Stephanie?
#557 among girls’ names, 2025
Stephanie fell from #209 in 2015 to #557 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.87 to 0.34 per 1,000.
24,966 babies in 1990, the peak
Stephanie peaked in 1990, when 24,966 babies were given it (24,864 girls, #7 among girls’ names). The 543 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 543 | #557 | 0.34 |
| 2024 | 571 | #534 | 0.35 |
| 2023 | 659 | #468 | 0.41 |
| 2022 | 659 | #482 | 0.40 |
| 2021 | 692 | #452 | 0.42 |
| 2020 | 703 | #439 | 0.43 |
| 2019 | 896 | #352 | 0.53 |
| 2018 | 1,031 | #318 | 0.61 |
| 2017 | 1,136 | #287 | 0.66 |
| 2016 | 1,370 | #236 | 0.77 |
Every recorded year (135)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,558 | #209 | 0.87 |
| 2014 | 1,644 | #205 | 0.92 |
| 2013 | 1,677 | #194 | 1.0 |
| 2012 | 1,888 | #168 | 1.1 |
| 2011 | 2,151 | #146 | 1.2 |
| 2010 | 2,492 | #126 | 1.4 |
| 2009 | 2,922 | #112 | 1.6 |
| 2008 | 3,320 | #105 | 1.8 |
| 2007 | 3,811 | #88 | 2.0 |
| 2006 | 4,511 | #70 | 2.4 |
| 2005 | 4,701 | #64 | 2.5 |
| 2004 | 5,181 | #55 | 2.8 |
| 2003 | 5,603 | #49 | 3.1 |
| 2002 | 6,270 | #41 | 3.5 |
| 2001 | 6,613 | #43 | 3.7 |
| 2000 | 7,028 | #40 | 3.9 |
| 1999 | 7,692 | #37 | 4.3 |
| 1998 | 8,491 | #29 | 4.8 |
| 1997 | 9,778 | #23 | 5.6 |
| 1996 | 11,643 | #20 | 6.6 |
| 1995 | 12,977 | #16 | 7.4 |
| 1994 | 14,750 | #15 | 8.3 |
| 1993 | 17,186 | #10 | 9.5 |
| 1992 | 19,680 | #8 | 10.7 |
| 1991 | 22,775 | #7 | 12.1 |
| 1990 | 24,864 | #7 | 13.1 |
| 1989 | 22,766 | #8 | 12.3 |
| 1988 | 22,843 | #7 | 12.8 |
| 1987 | 22,402 | #6 | 12.9 |
| 1986 | 22,651 | #6 | 13.2 |
| 1985 | 23,243 | #6 | 13.5 |
| 1984 | 23,025 | #6 | 13.7 |
| 1983 | 22,329 | #8 | 13.4 |
| 1982 | 20,861 | #7 | 12.3 |
| 1981 | 20,212 | #8 | 12.1 |
| 1980 | 17,841 | #13 | 10.7 |
| 1979 | 16,204 | #15 | 10.1 |
| 1978 | 16,233 | #16 | 10.6 |
| 1977 | 15,417 | #14 | 10.1 |
| 1976 | 15,180 | #11 | 10.4 |
| 1975 | 15,775 | #9 | 10.8 |
| 1974 | 16,984 | #9 | 11.6 |
| 1973 | 17,263 | #9 | 11.8 |
| 1972 | 16,890 | #8 | 11.1 |
| 1971 | 15,135 | #11 | 9.1 |
| 1970 | 15,387 | #17 | 8.8 |
| 1969 | 14,488 | #19 | 8.6 |
| 1968 | 12,953 | #23 | 7.9 |
| 1967 | 13,354 | #25 | 8.1 |
| 1966 | 10,160 | #38 | 6.0 |
| 1965 | 9,765 | #44 | 5.5 |
| 1964 | 7,938 | #57 | 4.2 |
| 1963 | 6,825 | #64 | 3.5 |
| 1962 | 6,257 | #70 | 3.2 |
| 1961 | 5,816 | #78 | 2.9 |
| 1960 | 5,265 | #91 | 2.6 |
| 1959 | 4,826 | #101 | 2.4 |
| 1958 | 4,252 | #113 | 2.1 |
| 1957 | 4,221 | #110 | 2.1 |
| 1956 | 3,911 | #111 | 1.9 |
| 1955 | 3,749 | #114 | 1.9 |
| 1954 | 3,369 | #123 | 1.7 |
| 1953 | 3,081 | #123 | 1.6 |
| 1952 | 2,931 | #123 | 1.6 |
| 1951 | 2,575 | #129 | 1.4 |
| 1950 | 2,642 | #122 | 1.5 |
| 1949 | 2,515 | #128 | 1.5 |
| 1948 | 2,103 | #137 | 1.2 |
| 1947 | 1,693 | #171 | 1.0 |
| 1946 | 1,508 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1945 | 871 | #219 | 0.67 |
| 1944 | 898 | #220 | 0.68 |
| 1943 | 800 | #239 | 0.57 |
| 1942 | 663 | #270 | 0.49 |
| 1941 | 491 | #293 | 0.41 |
| 1940 | 394 | #320 | 0.34 |
| 1939 | 282 | #400 | 0.26 |
| 1938 | 232 | #443 | 0.21 |
| 1937 | 209 | #454 | 0.20 |
| 1936 | 169 | #497 | 0.16 |
| 1935 | 156 | #514 | 0.15 |
| 1934 | 128 | #571 | 0.12 |
| 1933 | 106 | #639 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 131 | #573 | 0.12 |
| 1931 | 88 | #721 | 0.08 |
| 1930 | 102 | #683 | 0.09 |
| 1929 | 98 | #710 | 0.09 |
| 1928 | 124 | #633 | 0.11 |
| 1927 | 126 | #642 | 0.11 |
| 1926 | 166 | #545 | 0.14 |
| 1925 | 165 | #559 | 0.14 |
| 1924 | 225 | #463 | 0.18 |
| 1923 | 243 | #434 | 0.20 |
| 1922 | 223 | #461 | 0.19 |
| 1921 | 305 | #382 | 0.25 |
| 1920 | 313 | #371 | 0.26 |
| 1919 | 311 | #365 | 0.28 |
| 1918 | 374 | #333 | 0.32 |
| 1917 | 394 | #309 | 0.36 |
| 1916 | 397 | #302 | 0.38 |
| 1915 | 361 | #308 | 0.37 |
| 1914 | 280 | #315 | 0.37 |
| 1913 | 185 | #358 | 0.30 |
| 1912 | 165 | #356 | 0.30 |
| 1911 | 118 | #373 | 0.28 |
| 1910 | 88 | #423 | 0.22 |
| 1909 | 63 | #476 | 0.18 |
| 1908 | 68 | #439 | 0.20 |
| 1907 | 43 | #563 | 0.13 |
| 1906 | 35 | #608 | 0.12 |
| 1905 | 36 | #585 | 0.12 |
| 1904 | 32 | #609 | 0.12 |
| 1903 | 33 | #572 | 0.13 |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,067 | 0.05 |
| 1901 | 17 | #825 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 24 | #758 | 0.08 |
| 1899 | 15 | #868 | 0.06 |
| 1898 | 14 | #955 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 20 | #712 | 0.09 |
| 1896 | 13 | #943 | 0.05 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,285 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,224 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,161 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,078 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,514 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Stephanie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Stephanie has been given almost only to girls: 2,638 boys in 135 years of records.
Girls and boys named Stephanie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Stephanie, and how old are they?
698,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 93% of the 747,786 Americans ever recorded as Stephanie. The median Stephanie alive today is 42 years old; half are between 35 and 53.
The 2020 Census counted 657,760 people named Stephanie (657,151 women and girls, 609 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 706,965 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,550 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 60,900 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 223,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 316,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 81,600 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 13,100 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Stephanie born?
The states with the most babies named Stephanie are California, Texas and Florida, with 46% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 91 | #367 | 1.1× |
| Texas | 83 | #405 | 1.1× |
| Florida | 49 | #382 | 1.1× |
| New York | 35 | #494 | 1.0× |
| Arizona | 18 | #385 | 1.1× |
| Virginia | 17 | #483 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 16 | #618 | 1.0× |
| Georgia | 16 | #673 | 0.9× |
| Washington | 16 | #448 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 13 | #775 | 0.9× |
Where Stephanie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Stephanie is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Stephanie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 826,753 babies since 1880, Stephanie is the most given (90% of them). In 2025 it was given to 543 of their 684 babies (79%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Stephanie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Stephanie and names like it
- Compare Stephanie and StefanieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sStephanie peaked in 1990.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Stephanie since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Stephanie: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1990The year the most babies were named Stephanie.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Stephanie alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with SMost given first.