Stephane
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Stephane has been given to 1,830 babies in the U.S. since 1915. 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 1985, with 40 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 62% girls, 38% boys all-time.
Babies named Stephane, 2010
1 in 616,000
Stephane over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Stephane over time
In 2023, Stephane went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Stephane?
Stephane had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2010, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2010
- 1 in 616,000
- 6 of 3,695,928 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 296,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2010
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 426,971 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Stephane sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2010 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 426,971 children born in 2010 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Stephane. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Stephanes were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Stephane was born before 1983 — so the typical Stephane is around 42 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1980s
- 26.5% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 43.6%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,109
- People you could plausibly meet
1980s — 26.5% of all recorded uses (299).
Is Stephane 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 1985 (40)
- Years since peak
- 40
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 28.1% average annual change
Spellings of Stephane
Stephane is not the most common spelling — Stephanie is, with 94.3% against Stephane's 0.14%.
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.
Where Stephane is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Stephane was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 329,925 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in 100,000
- 2Florida1 in —
- 3New York1 in —
- 4Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Stephane has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Stephane is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Stephane was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 374,933 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Florida1 in —
- 3New Jersey1 in —
- 4New York1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Stephane has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Stephane around the world
Where Stephane 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.
- France1901–2013#7,179in 2013
- Canada1991–1993#2,426in 1993
Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Stephane by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Stephane
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Stephane
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.