girls:
2.6k births since 1901
#3403 (40th percentile)
overall:
2.6k births since 1901
#5271 (32nd percentile)
The name Stefania is the #5,271 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,580 recorded births since 1901. This represents the 31.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 31.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,403 (40.5% percentile) for all time with 2,580 births since 1901.
Stefania first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1901 (first recorded for girls in 1901). Birth data for Stefania is available in 88 out of the 123 years between 1901 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Stefania reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 6.3% percentile (ranked #805) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 1916, with 34 births per million (ranked 5.6% percentile). Despite a peak around 2019, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Stefania ranks #896 for girls (5.4% percentile) with 32 births per million, which is 93.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Stefania".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Stefania", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 3 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Stephania" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Stephania..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Stefania. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.9% confident that Stefania is pronounced as steh-FAH-nee-uh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is steh-FAH-nyuh, at 18.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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