Stephanie

Stephanie was the #557 girls' name in the US in 2025 (543 babies), and #719 in England & Wales and #708 in Canada.

Stephanie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Stephanie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Stephanie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#557 (543)#719 (51)——#294 (14)#708 (42)——
2024#534 (571)#811 (46)#541 (5)—#631 (5)#970 (28)——
2023#467 (659)#516 (76)—#391 (3)#445 (8)#886 (30)——
2022#480 (659)#613 (62)#531 (5)—#502 (7)#837 (32)——
2021#452 (692)#688 (55)#558 (5)—#299 (14)#690 (42)——
2020#437 (703)#486 (83)#636 (4)#333 (4)#700 (4)#596 (48)——
2019#352 (896)#526 (77)#560 (5)—#325 (13)#494 (65)——
2018#318 (1,031)#440 (99)#680 (4)#434 (3)#568 (6)#436 (74)——
2017#287 (1,136)#526 (82)#570 (5)#432 (3)#272 (17)#473 (69)——
2016#236 (1,370)#354 (135)#383 (9)#276 (6)#476 (8)#393 (88)——
2015#209 (1,558)#368 (123)#379 (9)—#264 (19)#359 (94)——
2014#205 (1,644)#389 (113)#346 (11)#439 (3)#304 (16)#298 (110)——
2013#194 (1,677)#408 (104)#238 (17)#440 (3)#265 (19)#261 (125)—#94 (56)
2012#168 (1,888)#322 (151)#335 (12)—#295 (17)#284 (115)—#91 (53)
2011#146 (2,151)#301 (163)#252 (17)#363 (4)#220 (24)#235 (137)—#94 (56)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1984 at #6.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1891.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Stephanie is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,800 to 1 in 3,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Stephanie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #430WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #597ILMichigan: #787MINew York: #481NYMassachusetts: #564MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #374NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #542INOhio: #959OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: #667NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #359CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #703CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #465VAMaryland: #427MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #372AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #645TNNorth Carolina: #729NCSouth Carolina: #519SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #645GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #402TXFlorida: #375FL
Stephanie (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#86713

Stephanie (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
StephanieCanadaGirls#70842
StephanieCanadaBoys—too few
StephanieEngland & WalesGirls#71951
StephanieIrelandGirls#29414
StephanieNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
StephanieNSWGirls—too few
StephanieScotlandGirls—too few
StephanieUSGirls#557543
StephanieUSBoys—too few
StephanieVICGirls—too few