How rare is the name Stephani?

5,154 people in the United States have the first name Stephani, about 1 in 58,601. It ranks #3,831 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

STEPHANI

#3,831

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,154
About
1 in 58,601
This common or more
83.1%
Who bears it

Of the 5,154 people named Stephani, 62.8% reported their origin as White, 24.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.3% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Stephani peaked in 1989, when 637 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19402024
Peak year
1989
Births that year
637
In 2024
6 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,305 babies have been given the name since 1940. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Stephani by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,531. The largest share of babies named Stephani, 49.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1940s#6,10968
1950s#4,179180
1960s#2,333608
1970s#2,095886
1980s#1,5311,819
1990s#2,5411,089
2000s#5,526477
2010s#12,745153
2020s#24,79625
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–647.8%
Generation X 1965–8026.3%
Millennials 1981–9649.5%
Generation Z 1997–1213.6%
2013 and later2.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Stephani is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Stephani has been most common in New York (2.9×), California (2.9×), and Texas (1.9×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.34×).

2,655 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Stephani

#3,828 Sunshine · 5,157#3,830 Delma · 5,156#3,832 Seema · 5,150#3,832 Thien · 5,150

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Stephani, most common first.

#56 Stephen · 665,596#57 Stephanie · 657,760#1,416 Stephan · 24,256#1,893 Stephany · 15,120#3,151 Stefani · 6,915#3,250 Stephon · 6,586#3,869 Stephenie · 5,077#4,650 Stephane · 3,936

Also a last name

As a last name, Stephani ranks #45,998 of 156,621, with 500 people. See Stephani as a last name

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