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Stefanie vs Charlotte

How Stefanie and Charlotte compare across 146 years of US Social Security Administration baby-name records — popularity history, peak years, current rank, and which name overtook which.

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Stefanie

Female · Greek

Meaning: Crown. Variant Of Steven. Alternate Spelling: Stephanie.

Charlotte

Female · French

Meaning: Tiny And Feminine. Also Feminine Of Charles Meaning Manly

US Popularity History — Side-by-Side

Annual US births named Stefanie (girls) vs Charlotte (girls), from US Social Security Administration national records.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Names appearing fewer than 5 times per year are suppressed by SSA.

Quick Stats

Metric Stefanie Charlotte
Peak year (most US births) 2001 — 251 girls 2025 — 13,400 girls
Peak rank #904 #2
Most recent rank (2001) #904 (251 births) #2 (13,400 births)
Total US births since 1880 500 371,325
Last 10 years (1992–2001) 500 130,337

Peak comparison takeaway

At its all-time peak, Charlotte reached 13,400 US births in 2025 — 13,149 more than Stefanie's peak count.

Strongest States — Last 10 Years

States where each name ranked highest, from SSA's state-level dataset. Lower average rank = name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name list.

Stefanie — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 New Jersey #670 43
2 Illinois #712 103
3 New York #739 130
4 California #769 182
5 Texas #875 112

Charlotte — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 New Hampshire #1 769
2 Maine #1 692
3 Minnesota #2 2,462
4 Michigan #2 4,018
5 Virginia #2 3,967

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Data & methodology

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby names dataset 1880–2025 (CC0 public domain). Names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a given year are suppressed by SSA. State-level coverage runs 1910–2025. Crossover detection compares annual birth counts (not ranks) for each year both names appear. Methodology: see full notes. More comparisons →