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Stephanie

Girls' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~705,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#557 among girls
Births in 2025
543 747,786 since 1880
Typical age
42 years, median

Stephanie popularity over time

Stephanie rank by birth year, 1891–2025Stephanie ranked #1,332 in 1891 and #557 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #6, in 1984.#10#100#1,000#557best #6 in 19841920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1891–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Stephanie was used most in 1990, when 24,966 babies were given the name. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1891. It has held a top-100 place in 48 separate years.

The 2025 position is #557, on 543 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 65%. Year on year the rank dropped by 23.

Babies named Stephanie per yearPeaks at 24,966 births in 1990.24,966 in 199001920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Stephanie?

About 705,900 people named Stephanie are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 747,786 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Stephanie?

Median age among living Stephanies: 42. Most living bearers were born in the 1980s. By the site’s era rules that makes Stephanie a millennial-era name.

Your Stephanie

Ages of living people named StephanieHalf of living Stephanies are older than 42 and half younger.median 42020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Stephanie is most common

Stephanie is 2.0× as common in Maryland as it is nationally. Nevada, California and Florida follow.

Where Stephanie is used more than average5 states use the name Stephanie more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: 1.8× the national rateNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.8× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: 2.0× the national rateMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: 1.5× the national rateTXFlorida: 1.6× the national rateFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Stephanie is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Maryland 224 2.0×
Nevada 97 1.8×
California 1,613 1.8×
Florida 673 1.6×
Texas 1,237 1.5×

Stephanie in England and Wales

ONS recorded 51 births named Stephanie in 2025, ranking it #719. That is 39% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Stephanie comes from

Borrowed from French Stéphanie. The standard English feminine form of Stephen. Doublet of Stephania.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Stephanie

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Stephanie Kwolek American chemist, inventor of Kevlar 1923–2014 52
Stephanie McMahon American professional wrestler and executive 1976 44
Stephanie Rice Australian swimmer 1988 41
Stephanie Beatriz Argentine-American actress 1981 37
Stephanie Wilson American engineer and NASA astronaut 1966 36
Stephanie Seymour American model and actress 1968 34
Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Queen Consort of Portugal (1858-1859) (b.1837–d.1859) 1837–1859 31
Stephanie Graf Austrian middle distance runner 1973 28
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 871 in 1945 to 1,508 in 1946 — 1.7 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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