Recorded 1978–1995 Girls' name Peak 1988 109 births

Stpehanie — girls' name

109 babies named Stpehanie in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s51980s631990s41
1980s
Peak decade

58% of everyone ever named Stpehanie was born in this single decade.

1988
Single peak year

15 babies were named Stpehanie in 1988 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Stpehanie

The Social Security Administration has registered 109 babies named Stpehanie between 1978 and 1995, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Stpehanie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Stpehanie performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Stpehanie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Stpehanie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Stpehanie 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 109 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.

Stpehanie at a glance

Last recorded 1995

Total births

109

Since 1978

18 years of records

Peak year

1988

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1995

Active since

1978

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 1995

Stpehanie popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1978

Last recorded 1995
Peak year (1988)
15
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
05101520 19951992199019881986198319801978 5

Stpehanie by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
63 births that decade — 58% of Stpehanie's all-time total
1970s51980s631990s41

Stpehanie by state

Where Stpehanie concentrates geographically — total births since 1978

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Stpehanie
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New Jersey
13 11.9%
New Jersey share of Stpehanie's total US births 11.9%

13 of 109 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Stpehanie?
109 babies have been named Stpehanie since 1978. It was last recorded in 1995. The peak year was 1988 with 15 births.
When was Stpehanie most popular?
Stpehanie was most popular in the 1980s decade with 63 total births. The single peak year was 1988.
Where is Stpehanie most popular?
The top states for the name Stpehanie are New Jersey (13 births).
How long has the name Stpehanie been used?
Stpehanie has been recorded in Social Security data since 1978, spanning 18 years of data through 1995.
What names are similar to Stpehanie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Stphanie. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1978–1995 (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.