Girls' name · since 1961
Stephonie
Stephonie has 155 recorded births since 1961 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1966 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,454 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 155
- born since 1961
- 1960s
- peak decade
Stephonie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 155 have been recorded since 1961.
Stephonie has 155 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 1993.
- #22,454 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 155 born since 1961
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stephonie ranks #22,454 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 155 born since 1961, peaking in the 1960s.
- #22,454 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 155
- born since 1961
- 1960s
- peak decade
Stephonie's 155 recorded births place it above 68.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Stephonie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Stephonie's full recorded timeline at 1975, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1961, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1966 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Stephonie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1993
- Peak year (1966)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Stephonie by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (52 births, 34% of the file).
1960s was Stephonie's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Stephonie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
52 births
- 1970s
1970s
46 births
- 1980s
1980s
47 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 52 births (34% of all-time use).
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What to do with Stephonie's data
- Stephonie's decade-level peak was the 1960s (52 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Stephonie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1966)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1961–1993 (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 Stephonie 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.