Stephanie: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced STEF-uh-nee · 3 syllables

Stephanie means “crown, wreath; to put round, to surround”, from French.

Borrowed from French Stephanie. The standard English feminine form of Stephen. Doublet of Stephania.

How popular is Stephanie?

Stephanie was the #557 name in the US in 2025, given to 543 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 65% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Babies named Stephanie in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1980).

Half of US adults named Stephanie are older than 43; most are between 24 and 66. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Stephanie have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Stephanie means “crown, wreath; to put round, to surround”. It comes from French.

Stephanie is pronounced STEF-uh-nee.

Stephanie was the #557 name in the US in 2025, given to 543 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 65% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Half of US adults named Stephanie are older than 43. Most are between 24 and 66.