Given name & surname · also Latin, French
Stephanie
“crowned in victory”·“crowned with garland”
In English use, Stephanie is a feminine form of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Original GreekΣτεφανία
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Greek use, Stephanie carries the interpretation “crowned in victory.” In English use, Stephanie is a feminine form of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with French and Latin naming traditions.
How it developed
Stephanie is used as a feminine counterpart of Stephen.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1891. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stephanie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 747,786
- 2,638 boys · 745,148 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 24,966 babies
- 2025
- 543
- #557 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −39%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 543 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 557 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 39.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24,864 in 1990. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (91). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 657,760 as a first name in 2020; 391 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Stephanie’s family of names
In English usage, Stephanie has a diminutive in Steve. In English usage, Stephanie is a feminine form of Stephen. In German usage, Stephanie has a related form in Stefanie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Stephanie has relatives in 36 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
47 related names in 36 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 42
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Steviediminutive · English
- Stevediminutive · English
- Stephanvariant · German
- Stefanyvariant · English
- Stephanyvariant · English
- Stefaniavariant · Polish, Italian
- Stefanivariant · English, German
- Stephaniavariant · Latin, English
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- Stefanievariant · German, English
- Stepphanielikely variant
- Stephannylikely variant
- Sstephanielikely variant
- Stephenievariant · English
- Stephiediminutive · English, Tagalog
- Steffydiminutive · English
- Steffiediminutive · English
- Steffidiminutive · English, German
- Stephdiminutive · English
- Stephyvariant
- Steshavariant
- Steffanievariant
- Steffanivariant · Welsh
- Stefaneevariant
- Stefaneyvariant
- Stephanavariant
- Stephenevariant
- Stephaneevariant
- Stephaneyvariant
- Stephanivariant · German
- Stephannievariant · English
- Steffanyvariant
- Stepphanylikely variant
- Stephhanielikely variant
- Tiphdiminutive · English
- Typhdiminutive · English
- Steffdiminutive · English
- Stefdiminutive · English
- Stefiavariant
- Stephiavariant
- Stephivariant
- Steffinevariant
- Stefyvariant · Tagalog, ceb
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 31
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ΣτεφανίαGreek
- Stéphanieroot · French
- Stephenmasculine form · English
- StefanoEsperanto
- Stephineequivalent
- Stefaniiaequivalent
- Στέφανηequivalent
- Στέφηequivalent
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- Степаніяequivalent
- Стефанијаequivalent
- Стефаніяequivalent
- Estefaníacognate · Spanish
- ŠtěpánkaCzech
- СтефаніUkrainian
- StefanyaTurkish
- SitefanīTongan
- สเตฟานีThai
- ŠtefániaSlovak
- SitēfaniaSamoan
- Стефа́нияRussian
- СтефаниRussian
- ȘtefaniaRomanian
- EstefâniaPortuguese
- HētewhanīMāori
- StefanijaMaltese, Lithuanian
- StefānijaLatvian
- ສະເຕຟານີlo
- ᔅᑏᐸᓂInuktitut
- StéfaníaIcelandic
- StefániaHungarian
- KikepaniaHawaiian
People named Stephanie
- Stevie NicksAmerican singer and songwriter born 1948
- Stephanie KwolekAmerican chemist, inventor of Kevlar (1923–2014)
- Stephanie McMahonAmerican professional wrestler and executiveborn 1976
- Stephanie RiceAustralian swimmerborn 1988
- Princess Stéphanie of BelgiumArchduchess of Austria (1864–1945)
- Stephanie BeatrizArgentine-American actressborn 1981
- Stephanie WilsonAmerican engineer and NASA astronautborn 1966
- Kay PanabakerAmerican actressborn 1990
- Stephanie SeymourAmerican model and actress (born 1968)
Characters named Stephanie: Stephanie Brown (DC Comics character), Stephanie Forrester (fictional character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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