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Stephany

#2,927 in 2025Girls' name

Variant of Stephanie

Stephany has been given to 15,176 babies in the U.S. since 1910. In 2025 it ranked #2,927 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1990, with 564 recorded.

Babies named Stephany, 2025

1 in 57,200

Stephany over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Stephany: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Stephanie

French

What Stephany means

Stephany is a variant of Stephanie.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Stephany → Stephanie → Stephen. The family’s meaning is “crown, wreath”, recorded in English with the source elements stéphanos.

Origin, language, and formation

Stephany is used in English. Its origins include French.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Stephanie.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 15,171 girls were recorded with the name Stephany between 1910 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 564 in 1990; its best national rank was #441 in 1990.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,390 in 2020 to #2,927 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,486 in 2015 to #2,927 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Stephany between 1993 and 1993. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1993; its best national rank was #9,952 in 1993.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Stephany?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 57,200
58 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 27,700
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,927
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
39,620 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Stephany 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 2025 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 39,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Stephany. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Stephanys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Stephany was born before 1994 — so the typical Stephany is around 31 today.

Median birth year
1994
About 31 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
29.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
32.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
14,521
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1990s — 29.8% of all recorded uses (4,519).

Is Stephany 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
−156
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+463
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,441
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.37×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
10.3%
Peak was 1990 (564)
Years since peak
35
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#441
1990

Spellings of Stephany

Stephany is not the most common spelling — Stephanie is, with 94.8% against Stephany's 1.9%.

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 Stephany is used

Across 2016–2025, Stephany was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 12,500 girls, against 1 in 18,835 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

18 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 12,500
  2. 2California1 in 14,286
  3. 3Florida1 in 16,667
  4. 4Maryland1 in 16,667
  5. 5New Jersey1 in 20,000
  6. 6New York1 in 20,000
  7. 7Georgia1 in 100,000
  8. 8Illinois1 in 100,000

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.

Stephany around the world

Where Stephany 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.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2019
    #5,591
    in 2019
  • France
    1970–2022
    #6,838
    in 2022
  • Canada
    1991–2017
    #2,944
    in 2017
  • South Australia
    1946–2010
    #801
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Stephany

People whose public names include Stephany, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Stephany in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Stephany. Linked forms have their own page here.

StephyStefaniStefanyStefaniaStefanieSteffanyStephanieEstefaníaStéphanieEstiennette

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Stephany by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,927
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 463
Best rank ever
#441
1990
Peak year
1990
564 that year
First recorded
1910
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
15,171
Count in 2025
58

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#9,952
1993
Peak year
1993
5 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
1993
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Stephany

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

StefanySteffanyStefanieSterlingStefaniStevieStefaniaEstefanyStephaniaStephaniMahoganyBritanyMelanyStephenieAilanyLeilanyStephaineStephineAmairanyStephenSteffanieStephaneBethanySteffani

Names with a curve like Stephany

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Stephany, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

CristalNicoletteDesiraeCarinaKarissaJanaePreciousKasandraLorenFabiolaShaynaRoxana

Sibling names for Stephany

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

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