Stephanie
#557 for girls in 2025, 543 births · Last seen for boys in 2011 at #10,808
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1985 · 23,243 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 48 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 745,148since 1891
Stephanie over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #557 | 543 | — | |
| 2024 | #534 | 571 | — | |
| 2023 | #467 | 659 | — | |
| 2022 | #480 | 659 | — | |
| 2021 | #452 | 692 | — | |
| 2020 | #437 | 703 | — | |
| 2019 | #352 | 896 | — | |
| 2018 | #318 | 1,031 | — | |
| 2017 | #287 | 1,136 | — | |
| 2016 | #236 | 1,370 | — | |
| 2015 | #209 | 1,558 | — | |
| 2014 | #205 | 1,644 | — | |
| 2013 | #194 | 1,677 | — | |
| 2012 | #168 | 1,888 | — | |
| 2011 | #146 | 2,151 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #126 | 2,492 | — | |
| 2009 | #112 | 2,922 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #105 | 3,320 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #88 | 3,811 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #70 | 4,511 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #64 | 4,701 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #55 | 5,181 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #49 | 5,603 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #41 | 6,270 | #4,322 | 18 |
| 2001 | #43 | 6,613 | #4,302 | 18 |
| 2000 | #40 | 7,028 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #37 | 7,692 | #3,480 | 22 |
| 1998 | #29 | 8,491 | #3,708 | 19 |
| 1997 | #23 | 9,778 | #2,613 | 30 |
| 1996 | #20 | 11,643 | #2,218 | 37 |
| 1995 | #16 | 12,977 | #1,887 | 45 |
| 1994 | #15 | 14,750 | #1,689 | 53 |
| 1993 | #10 | 17,186 | #1,493 | 62 |
| 1992 | #8 | 19,680 | #1,328 | 72 |
| 1991 | #7 | 22,775 | #1,170 | 89 |
| 1990 | #7 | 24,864 | #1,049 | 102 |
| 1989 | #8 | 22,766 | #837 | 143 |
| 1988 | #7 | 22,843 | #1,023 | 92 |
| 1987 | #6 | 22,402 | #914 | 106 |
| 1986 | #6 | 22,651 | #925 | 97 |
| 1985 | #6 | 23,243 | #845 | 113 |
| 1984 | #6 | 23,025 | #848 | 107 |
| 1983 | #8 | 22,329 | #895 | 96 |
| 1982 | #7 | 20,861 | #995 | 82 |
| 1981 | #8 | 20,212 | #906 | 97 |
| 1980 | #13 | 17,841 | #1,042 | 75 |
| 1979 | #15 | 16,204 | #1,023 | 75 |
| 1978 | #16 | 16,233 | #1,121 | 61 |
| 1977 | #14 | 15,417 | #1,158 | 57 |
| 1976 | #11 | 15,180 | #1,084 | 60 |
| 1975 | #9 | 15,775 | #965 | 72 |
| 1974 | #9 | 16,984 | #1,052 | 61 |
| 1973 | #9 | 17,263 | #987 | 67 |
| 1972 | #8 | 16,890 | #1,069 | 57 |
| 1971 | #11 | 15,135 | #1,138 | 52 |
| 1970 | #17 | 15,387 | #1,043 | 61 |
| 1969 | #19 | 14,488 | #1,136 | 47 |
| 1968 | #23 | 12,953 | #1,393 | 31 |
| 1967 | #25 | 13,354 | #1,150 | 42 |
| 1966 | #38 | 10,160 | #1,216 | 38 |
| 1965 | #44 | 9,765 | #1,226 | 39 |
| 1964 | #57 | 7,938 | #1,975 | 17 |
| 1963 | #64 | 6,825 | #1,902 | 18 |
| 1962 | #70 | 6,257 | #1,805 | 20 |
| 1961 | #78 | 5,816 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #91 | 5,265 | #2,315 | 13 |
| 1959 | #101 | 4,826 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #113 | 4,252 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #110 | 4,221 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #111 | 3,911 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #114 | 3,749 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #123 | 3,369 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #123 | 3,081 | — | |
| 1952 | #123 | 2,931 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #129 | 2,575 | — | |
| 1950 | #122 | 2,642 | — | |
| 1949 | #128 | 2,515 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #137 | 2,103 | — | |
| 1947 | #171 | 1,693 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #176 | 1,508 | — | |
| 1945 | #219 | 871 | — | |
| 1944 | #220 | 898 | — | |
| 1943 | #238 | 800 | — | |
| 1942 | #269 | 663 | — | |
| 1941 | #292 | 491 | — | |
| 1940 | #319 | 394 | — | |
| 1939 | #398 | 282 | — | |
| 1938 | #442 | 232 | — | |
| 1937 | #452 | 209 | — | |
| 1936 | #496 | 169 | — | |
| 1935 | #512 | 156 | — | |
| 1934 | #568 | 128 | — | |
| 1933 | #637 | 106 | — | |
| 1932 | #572 | 131 | — | |
| 1931 | #717 | 88 | — | |
| 1930 | #679 | 102 | — | |
| 1929 | #706 | 98 | — | |
| 1928 | #632 | 124 | — | |
| 1927 | #638 | 126 | — | |
| 1926 | #544 | 166 | — | |
| 1925 | #559 | 165 | — | |
| 1924 | #463 | 225 | — | |
| 1923 | #433 | 243 | — | |
| 1922 | #459 | 223 | — | |
| 1921 | #382 | 305 | — | |
| 1920 | #370 | 313 | — | |
| 1919 | #364 | 311 | — | |
| 1918 | #333 | 374 | — | |
| 1917 | #309 | 394 | — | |
| 1916 | #302 | 397 | — | |
| 1915 | #308 | 361 | — | |
| 1914 | #315 | 280 | — | |
| 1913 | #358 | 185 | — | |
| 1912 | #355 | 165 | — | |
| 1911 | #373 | 118 | — | |
| 1910 | #421 | 88 | — | |
| 1909 | #473 | 63 | — | |
| 1908 | #438 | 68 | — | |
| 1907 | #554 | 43 | — | |
| 1906 | #602 | 35 | — | |
| 1905 | #579 | 36 | — | |
| 1904 | #600 | 32 | — | |
| 1903 | #565 | 33 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,024 | 12 | — | |
| 1901 | #795 | 17 | — | |
| 1900 | #742 | 24 | — | |
| 1899 | #835 | 15 | — | |
| 1898 | #920 | 14 | — | |
| 1897 | #699 | 20 | — | |
| 1896 | #903 | 13 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Stephanie! It came in at #1,332, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Stephanie
- 23 spots since 2024 (#534 → #557)
- 120 spots since 2020 (#437 → #557)
- 348 spots since 2015 (#209 → #557)
- Biggest jump: 459 spots in 1903 (#1,024 → #565)
- Biggest drop: 229 spots in 1902 (#795 → #1,024)
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1985 at #6 (23,243 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: 17 yrs · run 1981–1993
- Top 100: 48 yrs · run 1960–2007
- Top 1,000: 129 yrs · run 1903–2025
- Highest: 1 in 73 girls born in 1984 were named Stephanie (1.4%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,960 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #6 in 1985, was only 1 in 74 (1.4%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.3% of all girls named Stephanie (218,173) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 100 | #699 (1897) | #1,015 |
| 1900s | 363 | #438 (1908) | #637 |
| 1910s | 2,673 | #302 (1916) | #344 |
| 1920s | 1,988 | #370 (1920) | #519 |
| 1930s | 1,603 | #398 (1939) | #547 |
| 1940s | 11,936 | #128 (1949) | #217 |
| 1950s | 35,557 | #101 (1959) | #117 |
| 1960s | 92,821 | #19 (1969) | #51 |
| 1970s | 160,468 | #8 (1972) | #12 |
| 1980s | 218,173 | #6 (1985) | #8 |
| 1990s | 149,836 | #7 (1990) | #17 |
| 2000s | 49,960 | #40 (2000) | #67 |
| 2010s | 15,843 | #126 (2010) | #224 |
| 2020s | 3,827 | #437 (2020) | #488 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Stephanie in 1963
Top girls' names in 1963
Top boys' names in 1963
More about 1963
girls
1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 282 of them was named Stephanie, which outranked 99.2% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 112,838 of them was named Stephanie, which outranked 58.8% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,839Vester19
- #1,839Vinny19
- #1,839Yancey19
- #1,902Stephanie18
- #1,902Anders18
- #1,902Anothony18
- #1,902Benji18
- #1,957Alvino17
- #1,957Anna17
- #1,957Annette17
Tied with 54 names at #1,902; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.