Stephney — girls' name

What the Data Says About Stephney

The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Stephney between 1958 and 1997, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Stephney currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Stephney performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Stephney shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Stephney 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 38 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.