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Stephanie

girl name
Origin
Greek
Syllables
3
Peak era
1980s/1990s
Today
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Meaning

crowned

Goes by Steph, Stevie. See all nicknames

Famously borne by Stephanie Gilmore, winner of a record eight world titles in women's surfing. Famously borne by Stephanie Kwolek, chemist who invented Kevlar.

The story

Stephanie is the feminine form of Stephen, whose Greek root stephanos means a wreath or crown, especially the victor's wreath awarded in the ancient world. The name has close relatives across Europe, including Stéphanie, Stefanie, Stefania, Estefanía, and Estéfani. English-speaking America made this international classic into a strong generational marker. The US curve is low in the early record, begins climbing at midcentury, rises quickly through the 1970s, and reaches its highest band across the 1980s and 1990s. It then steps down through the 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s. That arc gives Stephanie a late twentieth-century signature without making the name historically young. It is an old Greek-rooted family whose American moment was unusually concentrated, formal in full and softened easily to Steph or Stevie.

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Stephanie across languages

One shared root links 11 names across 5 languages.

Shared root: from Greek stephanos "crown, garland"

The constellation

StephanieFrench · feminine formStephenEnglishStephanGermanEstebanSpanishStefanoItalian

More branches

StevenEnglish · variantSteveEnglish · short formEstevanSpanish · variantStefanieGerman · feminine formStephanyEnglish · feminine formStephaniaEnglish · feminine form

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How popular is Stephanie around the world?

In the United States, 3,827 babies were named Stephanie between 2020 and 2025. In Montevideo, 9 girls named Stephanie were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

Stephanie is on the official records of the United States, Montevideo, Ireland, Mexico City, South Australia, Scotland, Chile, England and Wales, Canada, Brazil, Austria, Spain, Poland, Argentina and France.

Stephanie crosses languages: it is in the latest top 300 of an English-speaking birth record and of a Spanish-speaking one. The full list: English and Spanish

United States

1 in 5,700

In the United States, 3,827 babies were named Stephanie between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 1980s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Stephanie peaked in the 1980s and the 1990s in nearly equal measure. Stephanie went to 1,558 US babies in 2015 and 543 in 2025, 35% of the earlier figure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Montevideo City

1 in 2,700 · 2011

In Montevideo, 9 girls named Stephanie were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

1940peak 19892011

share of that year’s births on record

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Ireland

1 in 3,900

In Ireland, 14 girls named Stephanie were born in 2025, the 294th most common name among girls that year.

1964peak 19902025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Mexico City City

1 in 5,900

In Mexico City, there were 20 registrations of Stephanie in 2022.

peak 20052022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (3 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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South Australia

1 in 6,100 · 2017

In South Australia, 3 girls were registered as Stephanie in 2017.

1944peak 19942017

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Scotland

1 in 9,200

In Scotland, 5 girls named Stephanie were registered in 2024, the 541st most common name among girls that year.

1974peak 19902024

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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Chile

1 in 9,400

In Chile, 19 girls were registered as Stephanie in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1920peak 19912021

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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England and Wales

1 in 11,000

In England and Wales, 51 girls named Stephanie were born in 2025, the 719th most common name among girls that year.

peak 19962025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Canada

1 in 12,000

In Canada, 30 girls named Stephanie were born in 2024, the 913th most common name among girls that year.

peak 19912024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Brazil

1 in 13,000

At the 2022 census, 15,911 people in Brazil were named Stephanie, ranked 1,239th, with a median age of 24.
Among people named Stephanie living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.

1970speak 1990s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 206 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Austria

1 in 19,000

In Austria, 4 girls named Stephanie were born in 2025, the 858th most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

peak 19872025

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Spain

1 in 29,000

In Spain, 1,539 residents are named Stephanie, ranked 1,134th among women, with a mean age of 35 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Poland

1 in 82,000

In Poland, 3 girls named Stephanie were born in 2025, the 583rd most common name among girls that year.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Argentina

1 in 83,000

In Argentina, 8 newborns were given the name Stephanie in 2024.

peak 20122024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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France

1 in 130,000

In France, about 5 girls named Stephanie were born in 2025, ranked 6,178th among girls that year.

1970peak 2011

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. This registry counts each spelling separately; the figures above are for the exact spelling Stephanie, and accented spellings are separate names. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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New South Wales

outside the top 100

Stephanie is not in the 2025 top 100 for New South Wales.

1952peak 19932025

share of that year’s top-100 registrations

New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names

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New Zealand

last on record 2021

Stephanie is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.

1940peak 19912025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Norway

last on record 2018

Stephanie is not on the 2025 record for Norway, where names carried by fewer than 4 people in a year are withheld at source.

1960peak 19892025

share of the girls on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure

People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2016

Stephanie is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 1,651 babies have carried the name there since 1998.

peak 19992025

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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When you meet Stephanie

Most people given the name Stephanie in the United States were born between 1970 and 1999. The Stephanie you meet today is most often in her 30s or 40s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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