Meaning not yet researched.
Stephanie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 543 in 2025. Its best rank was #6 in 1987.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #6 in 1987; #557 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Stephanie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#557 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1987, at #6.
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Stephanie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 543 girls in 2025. Peak: #6 in 1987 · most girls in one year: 24,864 (1990).
In 2025, 543 US girls were named Stephanie, making it the 557th most common girls’ name of the year, down 23 places from #534 in 2024. That is 28 fewer than the 571 girls named Stephanie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #6, reached in 1987. The most girls given the name in a single year was 24,864, in 1990. For comparison, it was #209 in 2015 and #122 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Stephanie in 135 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1891 with 5 babies. In all, 747,786 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 219,181 babies named Stephanie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 8,260 US girls were named Stephanie; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,370. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,960 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Stephanie ranked highest in California in 2025, at #367 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Stefanie (37,187 babies since 1880), Stephany (15,176 babies since 1880), Stefani (7,033 babies since 1880) and Stephenie (5,771 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Stephannie, Stephanee and Stephaney are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Annie, Steffi, Steffie, Steph, Stephani and Stephany.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Croatian, Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Stephannie (1,461), Stephanee (515), Stephaney (422), Stephie (249), Stephenia (248), Stephanny (194), Stephanye (184), Stephonie (155), Stepheni (151), Stephinie (80), Steph (71), Sthephanie (17), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 26 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 91 | #367 | #118 |
| Florida | 49 | #382 | #155 |
| Arizona | 18 | #385 | #177 |
| Texas | 83 | #405 | #121 |
| Nevada | 7 | #429 | #108 |
| Washington | 16 | #448 | #272 |
| Maryland | 12 | #455 | #247 |
| Nebraska | 5 | #473 | #355 |
| Virginia | 17 | #483 | #311 |
| New York | 35 | #494 | #187 |
| South Carolina | 9 | #556 | #339 |
| Kentucky | 8 | #565 | #365 |
| Indiana | 12 | #572 | #277 |
| Massachusetts | 9 | #618 | #342 |
| Illinois | 16 | #618 | #173 |
| Alabama | 8 | #628 | #795 |
| Georgia | 16 | #673 | #307 |
| Tennessee | 11 | #702 | #480 |
| New Jersey | 11 | #711 | #154 |
| North Carolina | 13 | #775 | #334 |
| Colorado | 7 | #780 | #357 |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | #809 | #462 |
| Minnesota | 6 | #824 | #361 |
| Michigan | 9 | #853 | #549 |
| Ohio | 9 | #1,025 | #454 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 543 | #557 | — | — |
| 2024 | 571 | #534 | — | — |
| 2023 | 659 | #468 | — | — |
| 2022 | 659 | #482 | — | — |
| 2021 | 692 | #452 | — | — |
| 2020 | 703 | #439 | — | — |
| 2019 | 896 | #352 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,031 | #318 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,136 | #287 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,370 | #236 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,558 | #209 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,644 | #205 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,677 | #194 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,888 | #168 | — | — |
| 2011 | 2,151 | #146 | 6 | #12,070 |
| 2010 | 2,492 | #126 | — | — |
| 2009 | 2,922 | #112 | 6 | #12,280 |
| 2008 | 3,320 | #105 | 8 | #9,742 |
| 2007 | 3,811 | #88 | 8 | #9,653 |
| 2006 | 4,511 | #70 | 6 | #11,864 |
| 2005 | 4,701 | #64 | 10 | #7,572 |
| 2004 | 5,181 | #55 | 16 | #5,212 |
| 2003 | 5,603 | #49 | 11 | #6,662 |
| 2002 | 6,270 | #41 | 18 | #4,469 |
| 2001 | 6,613 | #43 | 18 | #4,443 |
| 2000 | 7,028 | #40 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 1999 | 7,692 | #37 | 22 | #3,573 |
| 1998 | 8,491 | #29 | 19 | #3,826 |
| 1997 | 9,778 | #23 | 30 | #2,674 |
| 1996 | 11,643 | #20 | 37 | #2,248 |
| 1995 | 12,977 | #16 | 45 | #1,909 |
| 1994 | 14,750 | #15 | 53 | #1,713 |
| 1993 | 17,186 | #10 | 62 | #1,510 |
| 1992 | 19,680 | #8 | 72 | #1,336 |
| 1991 | 22,775 | #7 | 89 | #1,181 |
| 1990 | 24,864 | #7 | 102 | #1,053 |
| 1989 | 22,766 | #8 | 143 | #838 |
| 1988 | 22,843 | #7 | 92 | #1,030 |
| 1987 | 22,402 | #6 | 106 | #920 |
| 1986 | 22,651 | #6 | 97 | #930 |
| 1985 | 23,243 | #6 | 113 | #851 |
| 1984 | 23,025 | #6 | 107 | #853 |
| 1983 | 22,329 | #8 | 96 | #903 |
| 1982 | 20,861 | #7 | 82 | #1,005 |
| 1981 | 20,212 | #8 | 97 | #912 |
| 1980 | 17,841 | #13 | 75 | #1,046 |
| 1979 | 16,204 | #15 | 75 | #1,026 |
| 1978 | 16,233 | #16 | 61 | #1,133 |
| 1977 | 15,417 | #14 | 57 | #1,176 |
| 1976 | 15,180 | #11 | 60 | #1,095 |
| 1975 | 15,775 | #9 | 72 | #969 |
| 1974 | 16,984 | #9 | 61 | #1,059 |
| 1973 | 17,263 | #9 | 67 | #991 |
| 1972 | 16,890 | #8 | 57 | #1,081 |
| 1971 | 15,135 | #11 | 52 | #1,146 |
| 1970 | 15,387 | #17 | 61 | #1,050 |
| 1969 | 14,488 | #19 | 47 | #1,149 |
| 1968 | 12,953 | #23 | 31 | #1,423 |
| 1967 | 13,354 | #25 | 42 | #1,162 |
| 1966 | 10,160 | #38 | 38 | #1,234 |
| 1965 | 9,765 | #44 | 39 | #1,231 |
| 1964 | 7,938 | #57 | 17 | #2,029 |
| 1963 | 6,825 | #64 | 18 | #1,952 |
| 1962 | 6,257 | #70 | 20 | #1,845 |
| 1961 | 5,816 | #78 | 12 | #2,527 |
| 1960 | 5,265 | #91 | 13 | #2,411 |
| 1959 | 4,826 | #101 | 13 | #2,399 |
| 1958 | 4,252 | #113 | 9 | #3,008 |
| 1957 | 4,221 | #110 | 7 | #3,522 |
| 1956 | 3,911 | #111 | 14 | #2,251 |
| 1955 | 3,749 | #114 | 7 | #3,472 |
| 1954 | 3,369 | #123 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1953 | 3,081 | #123 | — | — |
| 1952 | 2,931 | #123 | 6 | #3,687 |
| 1951 | 2,575 | #129 | — | — |
| 1950 | 2,642 | #122 | — | — |
| 1949 | 2,515 | #128 | 10 | #2,593 |
| 1948 | 2,103 | #137 | — | — |
| 1947 | 1,693 | #171 | 7 | #3,334 |
| 1946 | 1,508 | #176 | — | — |
| 1945 | 871 | #219 | — | — |
| 1944 | 898 | #220 | — | — |
| 1943 | 800 | #239 | — | — |
| 1942 | 663 | #270 | — | — |
| 1941 | 491 | #293 | — | — |
| 1940 | 394 | #320 | — | — |
| 1939 | 282 | #400 | — | — |
| 1938 | 232 | #443 | — | — |
| 1937 | 209 | #454 | — | — |
| 1936 | 169 | #497 | — | — |
| 1935 | 156 | #514 | — | — |
| 1934 | 128 | #571 | — | — |
| 1933 | 106 | #639 | — | — |
| 1932 | 131 | #573 | — | — |
| 1931 | 88 | #721 | — | — |
| 1930 | 102 | #683 | — | — |
| 1929 | 98 | #710 | — | — |
| 1928 | 124 | #633 | — | — |
| 1927 | 126 | #642 | — | — |
| 1926 | 166 | #545 | — | — |
| 1925 | 165 | #559 | — | — |
| 1924 | 225 | #463 | — | — |
| 1923 | 243 | #434 | — | — |
| 1922 | 223 | #461 | — | — |
| 1921 | 305 | #382 | — | — |
| 1920 | 313 | #371 | — | — |
| 1919 | 311 | #365 | — | — |
| 1918 | 374 | #333 | — | — |
| 1917 | 394 | #309 | — | — |
| 1916 | 397 | #302 | — | — |
| 1915 | 361 | #308 | — | — |
| 1914 | 280 | #315 | — | — |
| 1913 | 185 | #358 | — | — |
| 1912 | 165 | #356 | — | — |
| 1911 | 118 | #373 | — | — |
| 1910 | 88 | #423 | — | — |
| 1909 | 63 | #476 | — | — |
| 1908 | 68 | #439 | — | — |
| 1907 | 43 | #563 | — | — |
| 1906 | 35 | #608 | — | — |
| 1905 | 36 | #585 | — | — |
| 1904 | 32 | #609 | — | — |
| 1903 | 33 | #572 | — | — |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,067 | — | — |
| 1901 | 17 | #825 | — | — |
| 1900 | 24 | #758 | — | — |
| 1899 | 15 | #868 | — | — |
| 1898 | 14 | #955 | — | — |
| 1897 | 20 | #712 | — | — |
| 1896 | 13 | #943 | — | — |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,285 | — | — |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,224 | — | — |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,161 | — | — |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,078 | — | — |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,514 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).