How Many People Are Named Stephanie?
people named Stephanie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 488 people in the US has this name
Based on 747,786 babies named Stephanie in Social Security records from 1891 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐ Common
Peak Year
24,966 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine form of STEPHEN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Stephanie in English. Counting Stephanie and these spellings together, about 725,994 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Stephanie (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Stephanie alive today is about 42 years old, and 74% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 34 and 52 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Stephanie first appears in the records in 1891 and was given most often in 1990, to 24,966 babies. In 2025, 543 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1891 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Stephanie reached #6 among girls' names in 1984 to 1987, and was in the top 10 in 17 years between 1972 and 1993. In 2025 it ranked #557.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #557 |
| Best rank | #6 (1984 to 1987) |
| Years in the top 10 | 17 |
| Years in the top 100 | 48 (1960 to 2007) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Stephanie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Stephanie were born in California than in any other state: about 96,980 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Stephanie was given about 1.3 times as often in District of Columbia, Delaware and Nevada.
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