Stefana

Girls' name

Feminine form of Stefan

Stefana has been given to 67 babies in the U.S. since 1917. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1917, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Stefana, 2006

1 in 791,000

Stefana over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Stefana: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Stefan

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Stefana means

Stefana is a feminine form of Stefan.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Stefana is used in Bulgarian and Serbian.

Meaning behind the documented name family

Stefana is a feminine form of Stefan. Stefan has more than one origin or interpretation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Stefan.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 67 girls were recorded with the name Stefana between 1917 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1917; its best national rank was #4,032 in 1917.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Stefana?

Stefana had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2006, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2006: 1 in 791,000; 5 of 3,956,166 births
Among girls only: 1 in 380,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2006: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 548,442 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Stefana sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2006 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 548,442 children born in 2006 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Stefana. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Stefanas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Stefana was born before 1989 — so the typical Stefana is around 36 today.

Median birth year: 1989; About 36 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 41.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 65.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 49; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 41.8% of all recorded uses (28).

Is Stefana rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1917 (7)
Years since peak: 108; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 24.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,032; 1917

Spellings of Stefana

Stefana is not the most common spelling — Stefanie is, with 48.3% against Stefana's 0.09%.

Stefanie48.3%37,144
Estefania9.2%7,038
Stefani9.1%7,033
Estefany7.4%5,660
Estefani5.8%4,428
Stefany5.6%4,330
Stefania3.5%2,653
Seana2.5%1,905

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Stefana around the world

Where Stefana ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
2008–2022
#6,580
in 2022
South Australia
1954–2003
#739
in 2003

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Stefana by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,032; 1917
Peak year: 1917; 7 that year
First recorded: 1917
Last recorded: 2006
All-time count: 67
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Stefana

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Stevana Stephana Steeley Stetsyn Steelie Stetson Stellina Stellan Steisy Aythana Ailiana Heliana Eiliana Joviana Laiyana Steele Sofiana Stewart Keliana Vihaana Zuriana Luziana Ahitana Jaliana

Sibling names for Stefana

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Albina Nelle Orpha Antonette Harriette Winnifred Maurine Johnie

For a brother

Regis Meyer Rosario Lyman Winfield Dorsey Granville Abe

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