Stefania
Feminine · “crown”
Stefania is a crown. The Greek stephanos was the wreath given to victors and to the dead, and it gave Christianity its first martyr and Europe a very large family of names: Stephen, Etienne, Esteban, Istvan, Stefan and their feminines. Italian and Polish both spell the woman's form this way.
How old is the name Stefania?
Stefania first appears in US birth records in 1901 — 124 years ago. The typical Stefania alive today was born around 1996, making them about 29 years old. About 2,200 people named Stefania are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Stefania most popular?
Stefania peaked in 1917, reaching #1162 nationally. Today it ranks #5099, 3,937 places below that high. See the whole 1917 chart.
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Where it comes from
From stephanos to Stefania
The story of Stefania
Stephen was the first Christian martyr, stoned in Jerusalem, and his cult spread the name across the whole of Europe; Hungary's founding king took it, which made it national there. Feminine forms follow in every language: Stephanie in French, Estefania in Spanish, Stefania in Italian and Polish, Szczepania in older Polish. Stefania was widely given in Italy and Poland through the twentieth century and came to American records with families from both.
Meaning
crown; garland
Greek stephanos, a wreath or crown, particularly the one placed on a victor's head. The New Testament plays on the name of the first martyr and the crown of the faithful, which is why the word carried into Christian naming so strongly.
How the name formed
- stephanos
- Stephanus
- Stefano
- Stefania
Related forms: Stéphanie · Estefanía · Stephanie · Στεφανία · Stefania
Pronouncing Stefania
steh-FAH-nyah
Three or four syllables depending on how the -ia is treated, with the stress in the middle. Polish and Italian say it almost identically.
Nicknames for Stefania
High
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
- 1901
- Most girls named
- 199259 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1162reached in 1917
- Change vs 2023
- −55.4%25 in 2025, from 56
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.
Stefania in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Stéphanie in French — same name
- Estefanía in Spanish — same name
- Stephanie in English — same name
- Στεφανία in Greek — transliteration
- Stefania in Polish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, New York, California.
Stefanias among us
people named Stefania are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 64,291 born in 2025 was named Stefania
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Stefania
- #5099
- Stefania on the 2025 chart
- #921
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Stefania went to 25 girls in 2025, but Stephania is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 39, which makes it the 921st most-given girls’ name of the year — 4,178 places above the chart.
- Stefania25
- Stephania14
About 1 girl in 41,212 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 64,291 for Stefania itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Stefania 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 Stefania is headed
Stefania should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Stefania beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Stefania in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It offers several short forms across languages, from Stefi to Steph to Ania.
- The meaning is a single object with a documented place in the earliest Christian writing.
- It works in Italian, Polish, Greek and English households alike.
- Stephanie is the standard English form and will be substituted by people writing quickly.
- Stefania, Stephania and Stefanie are all in use, so the spelling will be asked for.
- Four syllables is long for American forms and gets clipped without being asked.
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Frequently asked
- How many Stefanias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,200 people named Stefania are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Stefania?
- Stefania is the most-used spelling in US records — 25 of the 39 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Stephania.
- How popular is the name Stefania in 2025?
- Stefania ranks #5099 among US girl names in 2025, with 25 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Stefania?
- About 1 in every 64,291 US girls born in 2025 was named Stefania — 25 in all.
- Will my child share the name Stefania with classmates?
- Stefania will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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