Stephanie
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Crowned In Victory
- Origin
- French
About the Name Stephanie
Stephanie is the French feminine form of Stephen (see separate entry on Stephen for the Greek Stephanos etymology meaning "crown" or "wreath" and the Saint Stephen first-Christian-martyr anchor). The French Stephanie has been used continuously across French-Catholic naming traditions for centuries.
Notable bearers include American actress Stephanie Beatriz (born 1981, the Argentine-American actress of Brooklyn Nine-Nine); American singer Stephanie Mills (born 1957, the iconic African-American R&B singer); and Princess Stephanie of Monaco (born 1965, daughter of Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace).
Stephanie held a US top-25 girls' rank from 1968 through 1995 — about three decades of consistent American popularity, peaking around 1986 at #6 in the United States. The name has receded since but remains in steady use, currently sitting in the US top 300 girls' rank. The name's appeal is its layered Greek-Catholic-French pedigree combined with three flowing syllables — the in-built Christian-martyr religious register, the strong American mid-1980s and 1990s cultural-nostalgia anchor, and the elegant French sophistication. Common nicknames Steph (the dominant warm short form, casual and adult), Stephie, Steffi, and the rare Annie (back-end shortening) each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Stephany, Stefanie, Stefani, and Stephanie have their own SSA tracking. International forms include Stéphanie (French original, with accent), Stefania (Italian/Polish), Estefanía (Spanish), and the broader Stephen/Stephanos family.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Stephanie
US Popularity History (1960–2025)
Annual US births named Stephanie by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 1990 with 24,864 girls named Stephanie (girl rank #7 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #557 for girls (543 US births). That's 550 places below its 1990 peak.
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.
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Where in the US Is Stephanie Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 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 Stephanie the strongest states are California, Texas, Maryland.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #245 | 1,504 |
| 2 | Texas | #284 | 1,152 |
| 3 | Maryland | #292 | 201 |
| 4 | Florida | #295 | 626 |
| 5 | Nevada | #308 | 88 |
| 6 | New Mexico | #346 | 24 |
| 7 | New York | #357 | 521 |
| 8 | Illinois | #361 | 321 |
| 9 | Arizona | #363 | 192 |
| 10 | New Jersey | #381 | 242 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Stephanie in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stevie | Abbreviation Of Steven And Stephen Often Used As An Independent Name. Stevie Is Also Used For Girls. | Male | English |
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Compare Stephanie to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Stephanie 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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