Girls' name · since 1910
Stephany
Stephany has 15,171 recorded births since 1910 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,277 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,904 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,171
- born since 1910
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Stephany is the #2904 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 15,171 recorded since 1910.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stephany has been recorded 15,171 times among girls since 1910, currently ranked #2904 nationally and more common than 83% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 2025.
- #1,277 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,904 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 15,171 born since 1910
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stephany ranks #1,277 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,904 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 15,171 born since 1910, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,277 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,904 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,171
- born since 1910
- 1990s
- peak decade
Stephany's 15,171 recorded births place it above 98.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
38 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Stephany compares
15,171 Top 8% higher than 92% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Stephany's all-time total is 40x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Stephany | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 15,171 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 564 | 21 | 19,840 |
Stephany's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Stephany's full recorded timeline at 1968, 89% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 11% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1912, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 564 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Stephany popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 564
- Annual births at peak, across 116 years of records
Stephany popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1993 (Stephany as boys' name)
Stephany by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (4,519 births, 30% of the file).
1990s was Stephany's strongest decade.
4,519 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Stephany births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 174
1910s
174 births
- 1920s 81
1920s
81 births
- 1930s 101
1930s
101 births
- 1940s 294
1940s
294 births
- 1950s 476
1950s
476 births
- 1960s 696
1960s
696 births
- 1970s 1,144
1970s
1,144 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,427 births
- 1990s
1990s
4,519 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,477 births
- 2010s 1,456
2010s
1,456 births
- 2020s 326
2020s
326 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 4,519 births (30% of all-time use).
How Stephany 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 Stephany's total volume
Stephany by state
Where Stephany concentrates geographically, total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,553 | 23.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,622 | 10.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,173 | 7.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 783 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 653 | 4.3% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 423 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 302 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 299 | 2.0% |
3,553 of 15,171 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Stephany appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Stephany's data
- Stephany's decade-level peak was the 1990s (4,519 total births); usage has since declined to 326 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Stephanys (3,553 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 Stephany: 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 (~115 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, 1910–2025 (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 Stephany 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.