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

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Peak · girls
1985 · 23,243 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
48 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
745,148
since 1891

Stephanie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202001peak #6, 1985girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#557543
2024#534571
2023#467659
2022#480659
2021#452692
2020#437703
2019#352896
2018#3181,031
2017#2871,136
2016#2361,370
2015#2091,558
2014#2051,644
2013#1941,677
2012#1681,888
2011#1462,151#10,8086
2010#1262,492
2009#1122,922#10,9946
2008#1053,320#9,0198
2007#883,811#8,9158
2006#704,511#10,6626
2005#644,701#7,09610
2004#555,181#5,00716
2003#495,603#6,25811
2002#416,270#4,32218
2001#436,613#4,30218
2000#407,028#5,92011
1999#377,692#3,48022
1998#298,491#3,70819
1997#239,778#2,61330
1996#2011,643#2,21837
1995#1612,977#1,88745
1994#1514,750#1,68953
1993#1017,186#1,49362
1992#819,680#1,32872
1991#722,775#1,17089
1990#724,864#1,049102
1989#822,766#837143
1988#722,843#1,02392
1987#622,402#914106
1986#622,651#92597
1985#623,243#845113
1984#623,025#848107
1983#822,329#89596
1982#720,861#99582
1981#820,212#90697
1980#1317,841#1,04275
1979#1516,204#1,02375
1978#1616,233#1,12161
1977#1415,417#1,15857
1976#1115,180#1,08460
1975#915,775#96572
1974#916,984#1,05261
1973#917,263#98767
1972#816,890#1,06957
1971#1115,135#1,13852
1970#1715,387#1,04361
1969#1914,488#1,13647
1968#2312,953#1,39331
1967#2513,354#1,15042
1966#3810,160#1,21638
1965#449,765#1,22639
1964#577,938#1,97517
1963#646,825#1,90218
1962#706,257#1,80520
1961#785,816#2,40912
1960#915,265#2,31513
1959#1014,826#2,29513
1958#1134,252#2,8189
1957#1104,221#3,2577
1956#1113,911#2,16814
1955#1143,749#3,2017
1954#1233,369#2,9428
1953#1233,081
1952#1232,931#3,3736
1951#1292,575
1950#1222,642
1949#1282,515#2,45310
1948#1372,103
1947#1711,693#3,0967
1946#1761,508
1945#219871
1944#220898
1943#238800
1942#269663
1941#292491
1940#319394
1939#398282
1938#442232
1937#452209
1936#496169
1935#512156
1934#568128
1933#637106
1932#572131
1931#71788
1930#679102
1929#70698
1928#632124
1927#638126
1926#544166
1925#559165
1924#463225
1923#433243
1922#459223
1921#382305
1920#370313
1919#364311
1918#333374
1917#309394
1916#302397
1915#308361
1914#315280
1913#358185
1912#355165
1911#373118
1910#42188
1909#47363
1908#43868
1907#55443
1906#60235
1905#57936
1904#60032
1903#56533
1902#1,02412
1901#79517
1900#74224
1899#83515
1898#92014
1897#69920
1896#90313
1895#1,2028
1894#1,1368
1893#1,0918
1892#1,0179
1891#1,3325
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1891

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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
94 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 1985 at #6 (23,243 births)
  • Births halved by 1997, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: 17 yrs · run 1981–1993
  • Top 100: 48 yrs · run 1960–2007
  • Top 1,000: 129 yrs · run 1903–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 73
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 29.3% of all girls named Stephanie (218,173) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s100#699 (1897)#1,015
1900s363#438 (1908)#637
1910s2,673#302 (1916)#344
1920s1,988#370 (1920)#519
1930s1,603#398 (1939)#547
1940s11,936#128 (1949)#217
1950s35,557#101 (1959)#117
1960s92,821#19 (1969)#51
1970s160,468#8 (1972)#12
1980s218,173#6 (1985)#8
1990s149,836#7 (1990)#17
2000s49,960#40 (2000)#67
2010s15,843#126 (2010)#224
2020s3,827#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 2001

girls
#43
6,613 births · 1 in 272 girls
boys
#4,302
18 births · 1 in 107,938 boys

Top girls' names in 2001

  1. #1Emily25,059
  2. #2Madison22,166
  3. #3Hannah20,723
  4. #4Ashley16,531
  5. #5Alexis16,404
  6. #6Sarah15,929
  7. #7Samantha15,867
  8. #8Abigail14,807
  9. #9Elizabeth14,792
  10. #10Olivia13,977
  11. #43Stephanie6,613

Top boys' names in 2001

  1. #1Jacob32,573
  2. #2Michael29,689
  3. #3Matthew26,812
  4. #4Joshua26,024
  5. #5Christopher23,132
  6. #6Nicholas22,849
  7. #7Andrew22,422
  8. #8Joseph22,030
  9. #9Daniel21,013
  10. #10William20,110
  11. #4,302Stephanie18
More about 2001

girls

1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 272 of them was named Stephanie, which outranked 99.8% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stephanie
  1. #40Mackenzie6,934
  2. #41Maria6,842
  3. #42Savannah6,737
  4. #43Stephanie6,613
  5. #44Allison6,215
  6. #45Jenna6,143
  7. #46Rebecca5,893
Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. 1,602Dafne#2,569#967
  2. 1,493Nevaeh#1,759#266
  3. 1,339Jimena#2,213#874
  4. 1,263Taina#2,174#911
  5. 1,069Yuliana#1,759#690
Fallers
  1. 913Dariana#837#1,750
  2. 368Cortney#825#1,193
  3. 362Maiya#994#1,356
  4. 313Rosalinda#701#1,014
  5. 307Ivana#863#1,170

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,942,881 boys got a published name in 2001; 1 in 107,938 of them was named Stephanie, which outranked 65.0% of the 12,307 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stephanie
  1. #4,121Wolf19
  2. #4,121Zachory19
  3. #4,121Zhi19
  4. #4,302Stephanie18
  5. #4,302Abdel18
  6. #4,302Abrahm18
  7. #4,302Adiel18
  8. #4,476Abelino17
  9. #4,476Abhay17
  10. #4,476Abiel17

Tied with 173 names at #4,302; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. 5,879Jaheim#6,316#437
  2. 1,128Imanol#2,049#921
  3. 730Jagger#1,391#661
  4. 539Maximus#850#311
  5. 461Daunte#1,429#968
Fallers
  1. 476Tyreek#914#1,390
  2. 466Tyrique#949#1,415
  3. 456Infant#765#1,221
  4. 423Deion#893#1,316
  5. 291Nicklaus#986#1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2001