Stephanie
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Stephanie
Stephanie is the feminine form of Stephen, derived from the Greek name Stephanos, associated with crowns and garlands It's been the name of several royal women throughout history, including the medieval Stephanie, Queen of Navarre, and Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, the daughter of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco. International variations of Stephanie include the German Stefanie, Italian Stefania, and Spanish Estefanía.
Stephanie has had more staying power than most female forms of masculine names, managing to be feminine without being frilly, and having had a long run of popularity. In the 1970s and 1980s, Stephanie was Top 20 name.
The variantly spelled Stephenie Meyer gained fame as the author of the Twilight franchise, the tennis player Steffi Graf was born Stefanie, so there are obviously lots of variations on this name. Singer Stevie Nicks has the conventional spelling of Stephanie on her birth certificate. Stephanie Plum is the protagonist of the eponymous books by Janet Evanovich.
Stephanie has been trending downward in recent years, falling out of the charts in France, Ireland, Australia, and Canada, and to the latter end of the England and Wales Top 1000. In the US, Stephanie dropped from the Top 500 for the first time since 1936 back in 2024.
These days, Stevie is the favored Stephanie variant, more than twice as popular as its long form.
Stephanie is also given to boys.
Pronounced STEF-uh-nee.
As of October 2026, Stephanie ranked #557 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #6 in 1986, Nameberry popularity #383.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #205 | 1,644 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #209 | 1,558 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #236 | 1,370 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #287 | 1,136 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #318 | 1,030 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #352 | 896 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #438 | 703 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #453 | 691 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #480 | 659 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #468 | 659 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #533 | 571 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #557 | 543 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Stephanie for girls
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Stephanie on lists
Famous Stephanies
- Stephanie Josepha Friederike Wilhelmine Antonia of HohenzollernGirl
Sigmaringen, Queen consort of Peter V of Portugal
- Stephanie or EstefaniaGirl
Queen consort of García Sánchez III of Navarre
- Stéphanie Marie Elisabeth GrimaldiGirl
Princess of Monaco
- Stephanie Michelle SeymourGirl
American supermodel
- Stéphanie Marie Claudine Christine de LannoyGirl
Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
- Stéphanie Louise Adrienne de BeauharnaisGirl
Grand Duchess Consort of Karl of Baden
- Stephanie "Tiffany" Young HwangGirl
singer of South Korean girl group Girls' Generation
- Stéphanie Félicité du Crest de SaintGirl
Aubin, Comtesse de Genlis, French children's author and harpist
- Stephanie Janette BlockGirl
American actress
- Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" NicksGirl
American lead singer of band Fleetood Mac
- Stephanie ZimbalistGirl
American actress
- Stephanie CleoughGirl
American actress
- Stephanie BeachamGirl
English actress
- (Patricia) Stephanie ColeGirl
English actress
- Stephanie McMahon LevesqueGirl
American professional wrestler and businesswoman
- Stephanie HirstGirl
English TV presenter
- Stephanie Tubbs JonesGirl
U.S. Congresswoman from Ohio
- Stephanie Louise KwolekGirl
American chemist; inventor of Kevlar
- Stéphanie LapointeGirl
Canadian singer
- Stephanie Kim (BoGirl
kyung), South Korean singer of group The Grace
- Stephanie Caroline MarchGirl
American actress
- Stephanie Joanne WhiteGirl
American basketball player and coach
- Stephanie Diana WilsonGirl
American astronaut
- Stephanie A. RomanovGirl
American actress
- Stephanie MillsGirl
American R&B singer and actress
- Stephanie McIntoshGirl
Australian actress
- Stephanie Jo "Steph" McMichaelGirl
English reality TV personality ("Big Brother")
- Stefanie KloßGirl
German singer of band Silbermond
- Stephanie Leanne FearonGirl
English actress
- Stephanie DosenGirl
American singer,songwriter of band Snowbird
- Stephanie BlytheGirl
American mezzo soprano
- Stephanie RuGirl
Phan Sheh, American voice actress
- Stephanie TopalianGirl
Japanese/Armenian,American singer,songwriter and actress
- Stephanie Marie Herseth SandlinGirl
U.S. Congresswoman from South Dakota
- Stephanie McCaffreyGirl
American soccer player
- Stephanie Claire "Steph" SmithGirl
Australian model
- Stephanie Lynn Marie LabbéGirl
Canadian soccer player
- StephanieGirl
Elise "Steph" Catley, Australian soccer player
- Stephanie Renee CoxGirl
Mexican,American retired soccer player
- Stephanie Jayne "Steph" HoughtonGirl
English football player
- Stephanie Marie Del ValleGirl
Puerto Rican beauty queen; Miss World 2016
Stephanie in pop culture
- Stephanie PlumGirl
main character in novels by Janet Evanovich and film "One for the Money"
- Stephanie Judith TannerGirl
middle child on TV's "Full House"
- Stephanie BrownGirl
fourth Robin and third Batgirl in the Batman comics
- Stephanie HoldenGirl
character on TV's "Baywatch"
- StephanieGirl
character on animated series "Lazy Town"
- Stephanie ZinoneGirl
character in movie "Grease 2"
- Stephanie Ward (Stephanie Smothers in film adapation)Girl
character in "A Simple Favor"
- Stephanie "Stevie" LakeGirl
character in the Saddle Club Books and TV show
- Miss Stephanie CrawfordGirl
a character in book/film "To Kill a Mockingbird"
- Countess Stephanie WoronskiGirl
character in G. A. Henty's Through Russian Snows
- Stephanie PalmerGirl
character in novel "The Nest"
- Stephanie Jo "Steph" ScullyGirl
character on Australian soap "Neighbours"
- Stephanie Douglas ForresterGirl
character on American soap "The Bold and the Beautiful"
- Stephanie "Steffy" ForresterGirl
character on American soap "The Bold and the Beautiful"
- Stephanie JohnsonGirl
character on American soap "Days of our Lives"
- Stephanie PowellGirl
a character on TV's "No Ordinary Family"
- Stephanie SpeckGirl
a character in the film "Short Circuit"
- Stephanie VandergoshGirl
a character in the film "Better Luck Tomorrow"
- Stephanie VanderkellenGirl
character on TV's "Newhart"
- Stephanie Lockyer and Stephanie HeffernanGirl
character sin the film Cyberbully
- "StephanieGirl
" song by Buckingham Nicks
- Stephanie StevensonGirl
a character in the film Sinister
- StephanieGirl
a LEGO Friends character
- Stephanie KnightleighGirl
a character in Nicktoon's animated series "Edgar and Ellen"
- stephanie lauterGirl
character from nerdy prudes must die
Variations & nicknames
More nicknames
- StephGirl
- StephieGirl
- StevieGirl
- FaniaGirl
- FanyaGirl
- PhanieGirl
- PhanyaGirl
- StefGirl
- StefanyGirl
- StefeiaGirl
- StefenneyGirl
- SteffaGirl
- SteffaneyGirl
- SteffanieGirl
- SteffenieGirl
- SteffiGirl
- SteffieGirl
- StefinneyGirl
- StepahnieGirl
- StepfanieGirl
- StephanaGirl
- StephaneGirl
- StephaneeGirl
- StephaniGirl
- StephaniaGirl
- StephanidaGirl
- StephaninaGirl
- StephannGirl
- StephannieGirl
- StephanyGirl
- StepheneGirl
- StepheneyGirl
- StephenieGirl
- StephianieGirl
- StephineGirl
- StephneyGirl
- StephoneyGirl
- StevanaGirl
- StevaneeGirl
- StevenaGirl
- SteveyGirl
- StevonnaGirl
- StevonneGirl