Girls' name · since 1968
Tephanie
135 babies named Tephanie in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,920 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tephanie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 135 have been recorded since 1968.
Social Security Administration records show Tephanie recorded 135 times among girls since 1968, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 1988.
- #23,920 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 135 born since 1968
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tephanie ranks #23,920 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 135 born since 1968, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,920 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tephanie's 135 recorded births place it above 66.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tephanie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tephanie's full recorded timeline at 1980, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tephanie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1988
- Peak year (1982)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Tephanie by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (77 births, 57% of the file).
1980s was Tephanie's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Tephanie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
52 births
- 1980s
1980s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 77 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tephanie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1968–1988 (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 Tephanie 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.