Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Stephanie

#31 most common girls' name of all time · #77 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1891–2025

Rank among girls
#31
Rank overall
#77 of 105,966
First appeared
1891
Years on the list
135 of 146
All-time
747,786
Since 2016
8,260
Peak year
1990 #7
Best rank
#6 1984
Girls Boys peak 24,966/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Stephanie first appears in 1891. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 543 — 543 #557
2024 571 — 571 #534
2023 659 — 659 #467
2022 659 — 659 #481
2021 692 — 692 #452
2020 703 — 703 #438
2019 896 — 896 #352
2018 1,031 — 1,031 #318
2017 1,136 — 1,136 #287
2016 1,370 — 1,370 #236
2015 1,558 — 1,558 #209
2014 1,644 — 1,644 #205
2013 1,677 — 1,677 #194
2012 1,888 — 1,888 #168
2011 2,151 6 2,157 #146
2010 2,492 — 2,492 #126
2009 2,922 6 2,928 #112
2008 3,320 8 3,328 #105
2007 3,811 8 3,819 #88
2006 4,511 6 4,517 #70
2005 4,701 10 4,711 #64
2004 5,181 16 5,197 #55
2003 5,603 11 5,614 #49
2002 6,270 18 6,288 #41
2001 6,613 18 6,631 #43
2000 7,028 11 7,039 #40
1999 7,692 22 7,714 #37
1998 8,491 19 8,510 #29
1997 9,778 30 9,808 #23
1996 11,643 37 11,680 #20
1995 12,977 45 13,022 #16
1994 14,750 53 14,803 #15
1993 17,186 62 17,248 #10
1992 19,680 72 19,752 #8
1991 22,775 89 22,864 #7
1990 24,864 102 24,966 #7
1989 22,766 143 22,909 #8
1988 22,843 92 22,935 #7
1987 22,402 106 22,508 #6
1986 22,651 97 22,748 #6
1985 23,243 113 23,356 #6
1984 23,025 107 23,132 #6
1983 22,329 96 22,425 #8
1982 20,861 82 20,943 #7
1981 20,212 97 20,309 #8
1980 17,841 75 17,916 #13
1979 16,204 75 16,279 #15
1978 16,233 61 16,294 #16
1977 15,417 57 15,474 #14
1976 15,180 60 15,240 #11
1975 15,775 72 15,847 #9
1974 16,984 61 17,045 #9
1973 17,263 67 17,330 #9
1972 16,890 57 16,947 #8
1971 15,135 52 15,187 #11
1970 15,387 61 15,448 #17
1969 14,488 47 14,535 #19
1968 12,953 31 12,984 #23
1967 13,354 42 13,396 #25
1966 10,160 38 10,198 #38
1965 9,765 39 9,804 #44
1964 7,938 17 7,955 #57
1963 6,825 18 6,843 #64
1962 6,257 20 6,277 #70
1961 5,816 12 5,828 #78
1960 5,265 13 5,278 #91
1959 4,826 13 4,839 #101
1958 4,252 9 4,261 #113
1957 4,221 7 4,228 #110
1956 3,911 14 3,925 #111
1955 3,749 7 3,756 #114
1954 3,369 8 3,377 #123
1953 3,081 — 3,081 #123
1952 2,931 6 2,937 #123
1951 2,575 — 2,575 #129
1950 2,642 — 2,642 #122
1949 2,515 10 2,525 #128
1948 2,103 — 2,103 #137
1947 1,693 7 1,700 #171
1946 1,508 — 1,508 #176
1945 871 — 871 #219
1944 898 — 898 #220
1943 800 — 800 #239
1942 663 — 663 #269
1941 491 — 491 #293
1940 394 — 394 #320
1939 282 — 282 #399
1938 232 — 232 #443
1937 209 — 209 #454
1936 169 — 169 #497
1935 156 — 156 #514
1934 128 — 128 #571
1933 106 — 106 #641
1932 131 — 131 #575
1931 88 — 88 #721
1930 102 — 102 #684
1929 98 — 98 #710
1928 124 — 124 #633
1927 126 — 126 #641
1926 166 — 166 #546
1925 165 — 165 #559
1924 225 — 225 #463
1923 243 — 243 #433
1922 223 — 223 #461
1921 305 — 305 #382
1920 313 — 313 #372
1919 311 — 311 #365
1918 374 — 374 #333
1917 394 — 394 #309
1916 397 — 397 #302
1915 361 — 361 #308
1914 280 — 280 #315
1913 185 — 185 #358
1912 165 — 165 #356
1911 118 — 118 #373
1910 88 — 88 #423
1909 63 — 63 #476
1908 68 — 68 #439
1907 43 — 43 #563
1906 35 — 35 #610
1905 36 — 36 #586
1904 32 — 32 #611
1903 33 — 33 #573
1902 12 — 12 #1,066
1901 17 — 17 #828
1900 24 — 24 #759
1899 15 — 15 #876
1898 14 — 14 #962
1897 20 — 20 #714
1896 13 — 13 #948
1895 8 — 8 #1,290
1894 8 — 8 #1,231
1893 8 — 8 #1,169
1892 9 — 9 #1,082
1891 5 — 5 #1,527