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Stefanie

Pronunciation
[Ste-fa-nie]
Gender
Female
Meaning
Crown. Variant Of Steven. Alternate Spelling: Stephanie.
Origin
Greek

Stefanie Popularity Snapshot

Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 37,130 baby girls have been named Stefanie. The name peaked in 1983 with 2,667 US births that year (rank #105). In 2024, ranked #5404 nationally — 5,299 places below its 1983 peak.

Top States for Stefanie

Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Stefanie births are: California (4,542), New York (3,735), Texas (2,614).

Other Greek-Origin Names Like Stefanie

If you like Stefanie's Greek origin, consider these related names: Abdera, Abderus, Absyrtus, Abydos, Acantha. Browse all Greek names →

8-Letter Names Starting with S

Names with Stefanie's exact length and starting letter: Saeweard, Safia, S, Safiyyah, Sagremor, Salhdene.

Quick Facts About Stefanie

1,029
Greek baby names in our dictionary
545
Greek female names
175
8-letter S-names in our dictionary
481
S-female names total
2000–2001
years of US SSA records (2 total)
500
total US births named Stefanie (all years)

US Popularity History (2000–2001)

↘️ Falling: Stefanie dropped 17 places in the US girls ranking over the last 1 years (#887 in 2000 → #904 in 2001).

Annual US births named Stefanie by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2001 with 251 girls named Stefanie (girl rank #904 that year).

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

Where in the US Is Stefanie Most Popular?

Average girl-name rank within each state across 1997–2006 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Stefanie the strongest states are New Jersey, Illinois, New York.

Strongest girls-name states

# State Avg rank Births
1 New Jersey #670 43
2 Illinois #712 103
3 New York #739 130
4 California #769 182
5 Texas #875 112
6 Florida #892 40

Weakest girls-name states

# State Avg rank Births
1 Florida #892 40
2 Texas #875 112
3 California #769 182
4 New York #739 130
5 Illinois #712 103
6 New Jersey #670 43

Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 1997–2006. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Stefanie in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.

Variant Forms

NameMeaningGenderOrigin
Stefana Crowned Female Romanian
Stefania Crowned In Victory Female French
Stephana Crowned In Victory Female Greek

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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Stefanie against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).

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