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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

StephanieIn Hebrew: סטפני · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Stephanie (Hebrew: סטפני) is a girl's name of international origin. 1,114 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1974, with 40 babies.

People in Israel
1,114
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1974
40 babies
USA, 2025
543
rank #557

Writing and saying Stephanie

In Hebrew letters the name is סטפני, read right to left. Stephanie is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Stephanie by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Stephanie: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Stephanie in English-speaking countries

Stephanie in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025543#5571990 (24,864)
United Kingdom202551#7761997 (1,363)
England and Wales202551#7191996 (1,266)
Ireland202514#2981990 (223)
Alberta20259#4921990 (345)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Stephanie has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Stephanie

How do you write Stephanie in Hebrew?

Stephanie is written סטפני in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Stephanie?

1,114 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name סטפני: 1,114 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

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

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named סטפני are women.

Is Stephanie used outside Israel?

The name Stephanie appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 543 girls were given it in 2025 (#557), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 51 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.