How popular is the name Stephanie?

Stephanie ranks 30th among girls' names in US records, with 816,061 births since 1891. Over the past decade it accounts for 10,674.

Is Stephanie a unisex name?

No. Stephanie is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1990, when 26,924 children were given the name. It has been in use for 134 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Stefanie, Stephany. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#30 of girl names

Pronounced S T EH1 F AH0 N IY0 (ARPABET)

Stephanie is a girls' name, and first appears in 1891. It has been given to 816,061 children — the 30th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 69% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1990, when 26,924 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Stefanie and Stephany — because they are pronounced identically.

1990Girls: 26,924Boys: 102

These spellings sound identical to Stephanie and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Stephanie?: Stephanie ranks 30th among girls' names in US records, with 816,061 births since 1891. Over the past decade it accounts for 10,674.
Is Stephanie a unisex name?: No. Stephanie is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Stephanie most popular?: 1990, when 26,924 children were given the name. It has been in use for 134 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Stephanie spelled?: Stefanie, Stephany. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.