Girls' name · since 1985
Stphanie
40 babies named Stphanie in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,685 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 40
- born since 1985
- 1980s
- peak decade
Stphanie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 40 recorded since 1985.
Stphanie has 40 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 1990.
- #37,685 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 40 born since 1985
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stphanie ranks #37,685 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 40 born since 1985, peaking in the 1980s.
- #37,685 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 40
- born since 1985
- 1980s
- peak decade
Stphanie's 40 recorded births place it above 47.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Stphanie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Stphanie's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1987 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Stphanie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1990
- Peak year (1987)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Stphanie by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (31 births, 78% of the file).
1980s was Stphanie's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Stphanie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
31 births
- 1990s 9
1990s
9 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 31 births (78% of all-time use).
Stphanie by state
Where Stphanie concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 12.5% |
5 of 40 births nationwide.
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What to do with Stphanie's data
- Stphanie's decade-level peak was the 1980s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 9 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Stphanies (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Stphanie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~5 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, 1985–1990 (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 Stphanie 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.