Stephanie Name Popularity

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How popular is Stephanie?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Stephanie, ranked the 318th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 500 most popular, Stephanie has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Position 6, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached for the first time in 1984 and as recently as 1987.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1990 with 24,860 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Stephanie was less than 5, most recently in 1890.

Stephanie, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1895-1903, 1904-1915, 1933-1972, 1977-1984, and 1987-1990, whereas 1921-1929, and 1990-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

Stephanie became more popular as a girls name in 1891.

The popularity trend for Stephanie has been spiralling downward for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Stephanie lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Stephanie?

Stephanie's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Stephanie is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Stephanie is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Stephani. (Girl)		Stephani. (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		1,026	318	< 5	--
2017		1,131	286	< 5	--
2016		1,370	236	< 5	--
2015		1,558	207	< 5	--
2014		1,641	205	< 5	--
2013		1,675	194	< 5	--
2012		1,885	168	< 5	--
2011		2,147	146	6	12,057
2010		2,488	126	< 5	--
2009		2,921	112	6	12,270
2008		3,317	105	8	9,738
2007		3,808	88	8	9,648
2006		4,508	70	6	11,857
2005		4,700	64	10	7,565
2004		5,181	55	16	5,206
2003		5,602	49	11	6,661
2002		6,267	42	18	4,466
2001		6,610	43	18	4,441
2000		7,028	40	11	6,246
1999		7,691	37	22	3,571
1998		8,491	29	19	3,826
1997		9,778	23	30	2,672
1996		11,642	20	37	2,248
1995		12,978	16	45	1,909
1994		14,748	15	53	1,713
1993		17,183	10	62	1,511
1992		19,672	8	72	1,336
1991		22,774	7	89	1,181
1990		24,860	7	102	1,053
1989		22,768	8	143	838
1988		22,838	7	92	1,029
1987		22,398	6	106	920
1986		22,647	6	97	930
1985		23,239	6	113	850
1984		23,021	6	107	853
1983		22,330	8	96	903
1982		20,857	7	82	1,003
1981		20,209	8	97	911
1980		17,841	13	75	1,047
1979		16,204	15	75	1,026
1978		16,231	16	61	1,134
1977		15,420	14	57	1,174
1976		15,179	11	60	1,093
1975		15,774	9	72	969
1974		16,983	9	61	1,060
1973		17,263	9	67	992
1972		16,885	8	57	1,081
1971		15,143	11	52	1,146
1970		15,389	17	61	1,050
1969		14,490	19	47	1,149
1968		12,954	23	31	1,423
1967		13,350	25	42	1,162
1966		10,163	38	38	1,235
1965		9,763	44	39	1,231
1964		7,937	57	17	2,030
1963		6,820	64	18	1,951
1962		6,264	69	20	1,848
1961		5,809	78	12	2,521
1960		5,267	91	13	2,406
1959		4,826	101	13	2,401
1958		4,252	113	9	3,005
1957		4,215	110	7	3,518
1956		3,914	111	14	2,250
1955		3,752	114	7	3,468
1954		3,368	123	8	3,143
1953		3,084	123	< 5	--
1952		2,930	123	6	3,690
1951		2,574	129	< 5	--
1950		2,643	122	< 5	--
1949		2,515	128	10	2,591
1948		2,103	137	< 5	--
1947		1,693	171	7	3,337
1946		1,508	176	< 5	--
1945		871	219	< 5	--
1944		898	220	< 5	--
1943		800	238	< 5	--
1942		663	270	< 5	--
1941		491	293	< 5	--
1940		394	320	< 5	--
1939		283	398	< 5	--
1938		232	443	< 5	--
1937		209	454	< 5	--
1936		169	497	< 5	--
1935		156	514	< 5	--
1934		128	570	< 5	--
1933		106	639	< 5	--
1932		131	573	< 5	--
1931		89	715	< 5	--
1930		102	683	< 5	--
1929		98	710	< 5	--
1928		124	633	< 5	--
1927		126	642	< 5	--
1926		166	545	< 5	--
1925		165	559	< 5	--
1924		224	465	< 5	--
1923		244	433	< 5	--
1922		223	461	< 5	--
1921		305	382	< 5	--
1920		313	371	< 5	--
1919		311	365	< 5	--
1918		374	333	< 5	--
1917		394	309	< 5	--
1916		397	302	< 5	--
1915		361	308	< 5	--
1914		280	315	< 5	--
1913		185	358	< 5	--
1912		165	356	< 5	--
1911		118	373	< 5	--
1910		88	423	< 5	--
1909		63	476	< 5	--
1908		68	439	< 5	--
1907		43	563	< 5	--
1906		35	608	< 5	--
1905		36	585	< 5	--
1904		32	609	< 5	--
1903		33	572	< 5	--
1902		12	1,067	< 5	--
1901		17	825	< 5	--
1900		25	741	< 5	--
1899		15	868	< 5	--
1898		14	955	< 5	--
1897		20	712	< 5	--
1896		13	943	< 5	--
1895		8	1,285	< 5	--
1894		8	1,224	< 5	--
1893		8	1,161	< 5	--
1892		9	1,078	< 5	--
1891		5	1,514	< 5	--
1890		< 5	--	< 5	--
1889		< 5	--	< 5	--
1888		< 5	--	< 5	--
1887		< 5	--	< 5	--
1886		< 5	--	< 5	--
1885		< 5	--	< 5	--
1884		< 5	--	< 5	--
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		< 5	--	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.