Girls' name · peaked in 1983
Stefanie name popularity since 1925
37,043 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Stefanie. Half of them were born in 1983 or earlier, so the typical Stefanie is about 43 years old in 2026. Stefanie peaked in 1983 as the #105 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 37,043
- Named Stefanie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #8,805 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 37,000 girls · 43 boys
- Most popular in
- New Jersey
- 1.66× its national share
Peak year is the year Stefanie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Stefanie births per year, 1925–2025
1983 was the biggest year for Stefanie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1961 and 1966, Stefanie became 5.9× more common, from 1 in 18,300 baby girls to 1 in 3,090.
- Steepest fall: Between 1983 and 1988, its share of baby girls fell by 59%, from 1 in 626 to 1 in 1,540.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Stefanie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Stefanie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Stefanie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 9 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 28 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 275 | 0 | #1,739 |
| 1950s | 650 | 0 | #1,165 |
| 1960s | 3,768 | 0 | #525 |
| 1970s | 8,713 | 7 | #319 |
| 1980s | 15,833 | 36 | #185 |
| 1990s | 5,344 | 0 | #572 |
| 2000s | 1,723 | 0 | #1,377 |
| 2010s | 524 | 0 | #3,341 |
| 2020–25 | 133 | 0 | #8,805 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
51.2% of babies named Stefanie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Stefanie is most popular
The index compares Stefanie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Stefanie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 1.66× | 1,584 |
| Connecticut | 1.55× | 580 |
| New York | 1.42× | 3,730 |
| Utah | 1.28× | 376 |
| California | 1.24× | 4,542 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Stefanie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Stefanie (this page) | 37,000 | 1983 |
| Stefani | 7,033 | 1990 |
| Stefany | 4,330 | 2002 |
| Steffanie | 2,539 | 1990 |
| Steffany | 1,824 | 1991 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Stefanie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Stefanie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Stefanie (1983).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data