girl's name

Stephania

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 4
  • Letters 9
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 4,135

Stephania is a girl's name with 4 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1916, when 85 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 236,855 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1898.
  • 4 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Stephania over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Stephania by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 18
1900s 81
1910s 514
1920s 340
1930s 33
1940s 38
1950s 115
1960s 220
1970s 382
1980s 307
1990s 448
2000s 440
2010s 290
2020s (to 2025) 102

How popular is Stephania?

In 2025, Stephania was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Stephania is used

Canada #3,230 6 in 2023
England & Wales #5,541 4 in 2024
France #7,046 5 in 2022
United States #7,703 14 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 Stephania is spelled

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

Spelling What it is Births on record
Stéphania Stéphania is a rare spelling of Stephania, written with an acute accent and recorded about 15 times, mostly in France. 15

Names that peaked alongside Stephania

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

Parents who like Stephania also like

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

Sibling names for Stephania

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

Common questions about Stephania

How popular is the name Stephania?

In 2025, Stephania was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Stephania is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Stephania?

Stephania has 4 syllables.

When was Stephania most popular?

Stephania peaked in 1916, when 85 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Stephania a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Stephania currently ranks #7,703 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.