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Stephanie

Girl name

Stephanie has been given to 747,786 babies in the U.S. since 1891. It peaked in 1990 and currently ranks #557 for girls (2025).

Meaning & origin /ˈstɛfəni/

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

Origin: French

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

06.216k12.432k18.648k24.864k 18801900192019401960198020002020 Girls Boys
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Total babies

747,786

Peak year

1990 (24,966 babies)

Rank in 2025

#557 for girls

First recorded

1891

10-year trend

▼ -65%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Famous people named Stephanie

Steffi Graf

German tennis player

Stormy Daniels

American pornographic actress and director (born 1979)

Stevie Nicks

American singer and songwriter born 1948

Stephanie L. Kwolek

American chemist, inventor of Kevlar (1923–2014)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

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Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Stephanie.

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