Stephenia — girls' name
248 babies named Stephenia in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Stephenia was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Stephenia in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Stephenia
The Social Security Administration has registered 248 babies named Stephenia between 1917 and 1979, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Stephenia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Stephenia performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Stephenia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Stephenia 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 248 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.
Stephenia at a glance
Last recorded 1979Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Stephenia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1917
- Peak year (1959)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 63 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1979.
248 total births across 63 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 15 births in a single year.
Stephenia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 85 births that decade — 34% of Stephenia's all-time total
Stephenia decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 80 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Stephenia's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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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, 1917–1979 (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.