Baby name
STABLE
🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇷 Stephanie
/STEF · ah · nee/
Meaning
“Crown”
Greek stephanos means 'crown'; feminized in French (Stephanie) and became 1970s-1990s Anglo-American naming phenomenon.
Nicknames
steph · stef · fanie
Vibe
eleganttimeless
How it ages.
Stephanie exploded 1970-2000 in English-speaking countries, reaching top-5 in the US and UK, and now carries strong millennial marker.
The cultural moment.
United States saw Stephanie reach number-3 1990-2000; UK and Canada follow; post-2010 usage declines as generational cycle completes.