Estefania
Feminine · “crown”
Estefania is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 7,038 girls against 5 boys since 1880.
Estefanía is the Spanish of Stephanie — a crown, in Greek — and the first Christian martyr carries the masculine.
How old is the name Estefania?
Estefania first appears in US birth records in 1980 — 45 years ago. The typical Estefania alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 7,000 people named Estefania are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Estefania most popular?
Estefania peaked in 1996, reaching #590 nationally. Today it ranks #2117, 1,527 places below that high. See the whole 1996 chart.
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Where it comes from
From stephanos to Estefania
The story of Estefania
Stephanos named the wreath given to a winner rather than a royal crown, and Acts has Stephen stoned to death as the first Christian martyr — early writers made much of a martyr named Crown. Spanish adds an e before initial st-, giving Estefanía and Esteban. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
crown, garland
From the Greek stephanos, 'crown' or 'wreath', specifically the victor's garland in games. Stephen was the first Christian martyr, and the coincidence of his name with a crown was noticed early. Spanish made Estefanía with the prosthetic e Spanish adds before s-clusters. The Greek is documented.
How the name formed
- stephanos
- Stephania
- Estefanía
Related forms: Estefanía · Estefânia · Stephanie
Pronouncing Estefania
es-teh-fah-NEE-ah
Five syllables, stress on the fourth. English Stephanie is STEF-uh-nee with three.
Nicknames for Estefania
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1980
- Most girls named
- 1996386 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #590reached in 1996
- Change vs 2024
- −2.2%88 in 2025, from 90
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Estefania in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Estefanía in Spanish — same name
- Estefânia in Portuguese — related form
- Stephanie in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Estefanias among us
people named Estefania are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 18,264 born in 2025 was named Estefania
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Richelle test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Estefania's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Richelle climbed just as high around 1969, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Richelle's path sketches the road Estefania is walking now.
Estefania sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Estefania is headed
Estefania should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Estefania beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Estefania in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the first martyr's name means a victor's crown is a first-rate coincidence.
- Estefi is a warm and widely used Spanish short form.
- The prosthetic e is a genuine and interesting feature of Spanish.
- Five syllables make it very long for everyday use.
- Stephanie is what English speakers will substitute.
- The accent is usually dropped in American records.
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Frequently asked
- How many Estefanias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 7,000 people named Estefania are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Estefania in 2025?
- Estefania ranks #2117 among US girl names in 2025, with 88 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Estefania?
- About 1 in every 18,264 US girls born in 2025 was named Estefania — 88 in all.
- Will my child share the name Estefania with classmates?
- Estefania will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Estefania
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