Stephany — #2743 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Stephany

The Social Security Administration has registered 15,111 babies named Stephany between 1910 and 2024, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Stephany currently holds the #2743 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 564 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Stephany performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 4,519 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Stephany shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,545 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Stephany in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Stephany 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 15,111 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.