girl's name

Stefanie

  • Origin Dutch
  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 39,439

Scotland

#774

2006 births

Stefanie is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Stefanie is a name of Dutch origin.
  • Peaked in 1983, when 2,676 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 276,319 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1911.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Stefanie over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

15,869
'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Stefanie by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 91
1920s 62
1930s 28
1940s 275
1950s 650
1960s 3,768
1970s 8,720
1980s 15,869
1990s 5,344
2000s 1,723
2010s 524
2020s (to 2025) 133

How popular is Stefanie?

In 2025, Stefanie was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Stefanie is used

Scotland #774 3 in 2006
Ireland #991 3 in 2012
Canada #2,430 8 in 2020
England & Wales #3,777 6 in 2023
France #6,331 5 in 2021
United States #8,491 12 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Stefanie is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Stéfanie Stéfanie is a rare spelling of Stefanie, written with an acute accent and recorded about 100 times, mostly in France. 100

Names that peaked alongside Stefanie

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Stefanie also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Stefanie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Stefanie

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Stefanie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Stefanie

How popular is the name Stefanie?

In 2025, Stefanie was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Stefanie a girl's or a boy's name?

Stefanie is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Stefanie?

Stefanie has 3 syllables.

When was Stefanie most popular?

Stefanie peaked in 1983, when 2,676 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Stefanie a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Stefanie currently ranks #8,491 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.