Stephanie
Girl · STEF-a-nee · Greek
Stephanie is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “crown, garland”. In 2025 it ranked 776th for girls in the UK (51 babies) and 557th for girls in the US (543 babies).
What does Stephanie mean?
Greek: French feminine of Stephen
“crown, garland”
The French feminine of Stephen, from Greek stephanos, crown.
- Say it
- STEF-a-nee
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Is Stephanie a girl's or a boy's name?
Stephanie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 51 girls in the UK and 543 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Stephanie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 51about 1 in 5,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 51 girls in the UK were named Stephanie, making it the 776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 488th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 1,488 girls.
Half of all the girls named Stephanie in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 55 girls in the UK were given Stephanie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #676, up from #776 for this spelling alone.
- Stephanie 51
- Stefani 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 719th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1954 (#96), 1964 (#100), 1974 (#61), 1984 (#31) and 1994 (#25).
Stephanie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #776 |
| 2024 | 51 | #795 |
| 2023 | 81 | #528 |
| 2022 | 67 | #621 |
| 2021 | 60 | #688 |
| 2020 | 91 | #488 |
| 2019 | 82 | #546 |
| 2018 | 106 | #464 |
| 2017 | 90 | #523 |
| 2016 | 150 | #354 |
| 2015 | 132 | #385 |
| 2014 | 127 | #389 |
| 2013 | 124 | #397 |
| 2012 | 163 | #328 |
| 2011 | 184 | #298 |
| 2010 | 208 | #270 |
| 2009 | 222 | #241 |
| 2008 | 268 | #216 |
| 2007 | 283 | #214 |
| 2006 | 290 | #201 |
| 2005 | 359 | #165 |
| 2004 | 400 | #151 |
| 2003 | 540 | #108 |
| 2002 | 620 | #90 |
| 2001 | 713 | #82 |
| 2000 | 811 | #71 |
| 1999 | 874 | #70 |
| 1998 | 1,044 | #64 |
| 1997 | 1,363 | #47 |
| 1996 | 1,488 | #45 |
How popular is Stephanie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #557among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 543about 1 in 3,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 543 girls in the US were named Stephanie, making it the 557th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 437th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 24,864 girls. It first appears in the records in 1891.
2025 had fewer girls named Stephanie than any year since 1941.
Half of all the girls named Stephanie in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 690 girls in the US were given Stephanie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #460, up from #557 for this spelling alone.
Stephanie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 543 | #557 |
| 2024 | 571 | #534 |
| 2023 | 659 | #467 |
| 2022 | 659 | #480 |
| 2021 | 692 | #452 |
| 2020 | 703 | #437 |
| 2019 | 896 | #352 |
| 2018 | 1,031 | #318 |
| 2017 | 1,136 | #287 |
| 2016 | 1,370 | #236 |
| 2015 | 1,558 | #209 |
| 2014 | 1,644 | #205 |
| 2013 | 1,677 | #194 |
| 2012 | 1,888 | #168 |
| 2011 | 2,151 | #146 |
| 2010 | 2,492 | #126 |
| 2009 | 2,922 | #112 |
| 2008 | 3,320 | #105 |
| 2007 | 3,811 | #88 |
| 2006 | 4,511 | #70 |
| 2005 | 4,701 | #64 |
| 2004 | 5,181 | #55 |
| 2003 | 5,603 | #49 |
| 2002 | 6,270 | #41 |
| 2001 | 6,613 | #43 |
| 2000 | 7,028 | #40 |
| 1999 | 7,692 | #37 |
| 1998 | 8,491 | #29 |
| 1997 | 9,778 | #23 |
| 1996 | 11,643 | #20 |
| 1995 | 12,977 | #16 |
| 1994 | 14,750 | #15 |
| 1993 | 17,186 | #10 |
| 1992 | 19,680 | #8 |
| 1991 | 22,775 | #7 |
| 1990 | 24,864 | #7 |
| 1989 | 22,766 | #8 |
| 1988 | 22,843 | #7 |
| 1987 | 22,402 | #6 |
| 1986 | 22,651 | #6 |
| 1985 | 23,243 | #6 |
| 1984 | 23,025 | #6 |
| 1983 | 22,329 | #8 |
| 1982 | 20,861 | #7 |
| 1981 | 20,212 | #8 |
| 1980 | 17,841 | #13 |
| 1979 | 16,204 | #15 |
| 1978 | 16,233 | #16 |
| 1977 | 15,417 | #14 |
| 1976 | 15,180 | #11 |
| 1975 | 15,775 | #9 |
| 1974 | 16,984 | #9 |
| 1973 | 17,263 | #9 |
| 1972 | 16,890 | #8 |
| 1971 | 15,135 | #11 |
| 1970 | 15,387 | #17 |
| 1969 | 14,488 | #19 |
| 1968 | 12,953 | #23 |
| 1967 | 13,354 | #25 |
| 1966 | 10,160 | #38 |
| 1965 | 9,765 | #44 |
| 1964 | 7,938 | #57 |
| 1963 | 6,825 | #64 |
| 1962 | 6,257 | #70 |
| 1961 | 5,816 | #78 |
| 1960 | 5,265 | #91 |
| 1959 | 4,826 | #101 |
| 1958 | 4,252 | #113 |
| 1957 | 4,221 | #110 |
| 1956 | 3,911 | #111 |
| 1955 | 3,749 | #114 |
| 1954 | 3,369 | #123 |
| 1953 | 3,081 | #123 |
| 1952 | 2,931 | #123 |
| 1951 | 2,575 | #129 |
| 1950 | 2,642 | #122 |
| 1949 | 2,515 | #128 |
| 1948 | 2,103 | #137 |
| 1947 | 1,693 | #171 |
| 1946 | 1,508 | #176 |
| 1945 | 871 | #219 |
| 1944 | 898 | #220 |
| 1943 | 800 | #238 |
| 1942 | 663 | #269 |
| 1941 | 491 | #292 |
| 1940 | 394 | #319 |
| 1939 | 282 | #398 |
| 1938 | 232 | #442 |
| 1937 | 209 | #452 |
| 1936 | 169 | #496 |
| 1935 | 156 | #512 |
| 1934 | 128 | #568 |
| 1933 | 106 | #637 |
| 1932 | 131 | #572 |
| 1931 | 88 | #717 |
| 1930 | 102 | #679 |
| 1929 | 98 | #706 |
| 1928 | 124 | #632 |
| 1927 | 126 | #638 |
| 1926 | 166 | #544 |
| 1925 | 165 | #559 |
| 1924 | 225 | #463 |
| 1923 | 243 | #433 |
| 1922 | 223 | #459 |
| 1921 | 305 | #382 |
| 1920 | 313 | #370 |
| 1919 | 311 | #364 |
| 1918 | 374 | #333 |
| 1917 | 394 | #309 |
| 1916 | 397 | #302 |
| 1915 | 361 | #308 |
| 1914 | 280 | #315 |
| 1913 | 185 | #358 |
| 1912 | 165 | #355 |
| 1911 | 118 | #373 |
| 1910 | 88 | #421 |
| 1909 | 63 | #473 |
| 1908 | 68 | #438 |
| 1907 | 43 | #554 |
| 1906 | 35 | #602 |
| 1905 | 36 | #579 |
| 1904 | 32 | #600 |
| 1903 | 33 | #565 |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,024 |
| 1901 | 17 | #795 |
| 1900 | 24 | #742 |
| 1899 | 15 | #835 |
| 1898 | 14 | #920 |
| 1897 | 20 | #699 |
| 1896 | 13 | #903 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,202 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,136 |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,091 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,017 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
Nicknames for Stephanie
- Steph
- Stevie 179 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Stephanie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Stephanie
Names related to Stephanie
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