Stevie
Feminine · “crown”
Stevie is given to both — 17,746 girls and 12,437 boys since 1880. See Stevie as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Stevie began as an affectionate clipping — of Stephen on one side, Stephanie on the other — and behind both stands the Greek word for a crown or wreath, the kind handed to victors. It has been on American records for the better part of a century, quietly at first, and it is climbing now. Two syllables, both light, ending on the same open -ee that keeps Josie and Millie in circulation.
How old is the name Stevie?
Stevie first appears in US birth records in 1925 — 100 years ago. The typical Stevie is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 17,500 people named Stevie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Stevie most popular?
Stevie peaked in 2025, reaching #203 nationally. Today it ranks #203, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
Stevie appears on these lists:
Where it comes from
From Stephanos to Stevie
The story of Stevie
Stephanos was an ordinary Greek noun for a wreath before it became a name, and it spread through the early Christian world attached to the first Christian martyr, Stephen. Latin turned it into Stephanus; medieval England shortened and softened it to Steven, and the feminine Stephanie followed the same root through French. Stevie is the English-speaking household version of both, the form used at the kitchen table rather than on the certificate, and it has been written down in American records since the early twentieth century. Its use for girls in the United States owes a good deal to Stevie Nicks, born Stephanie, whose stage name carried the spelling far beyond family use — and the girls' side of the name has grown steadily since.
Meaning
crown, wreath
From Greek stephanos, the woven wreath given as a prize. Stevie inherits the meaning through Stephen and Stephanie rather than carrying it directly.
Cultural footprint
Stevie Nicks (b. 1948) — Fleetwood Mac's mystical frontwoman, twice inducted into the Rock Hall
Source: Wikidata — the one source on this page that is not an official agency.
How the name formed
- Stephanos
- Stephanus
- Stephen / Stephanie
- Stevie
Related forms: Stefano / Stefania · Esteban / Estefanía · Étienne / Stéphanie · Stefan / Stefanie · Stepan · Szczepan
Pronouncing Stevie
STEE-vee
Stress on the first syllable. One settled pronunciation on both sides of the Atlantic, and it survives reading aloud from a page unseen.
Nicknames for Stevie
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
- 1925
- Most girls named
- 20251,496 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #203reached in 2025
- Change vs 2023
- +19.0%1,496 in 2025, from 1,257
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.
Stevie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Stefano / Stefania in Italian — related form
- Esteban / Estefanía in Spanish — related form
- Étienne / Stéphanie in French — related form
- Stefan / Stefanie in German — related form
- Stepan in Russian — related form
- Szczepan in Polish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Stevies among us
people named Stevie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 1,074 born in 2025 was named Stevie
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 Melba test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Stevie's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Melba climbed just as high around 1924, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Melba's path sketches the road Stevie is walking now.
Stevie is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Stevie is headed
Stevie looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 39% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
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.
Stevie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Stevie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Short, two syllables, and pronounced exactly as it looks once heard — rarely mangled over the phone or on a first day of school.
- Works either as the full name or as the everyday form of Stephanie or Stephen, so a longer legal name stays available.
- Sits on a root documented for well over two thousand years, with recognizable relatives in Italian, Spanish, French, German and Russian.
- Present in American records for roughly a century, so it is familiar rather than newly coined, while a child carrying it is unlikely to share a classroom with another.
- On paper it does not say whether the bearer is a girl or a boy: Stevie reaches girls through Stephanie and boys through Stephen. In the US the girls' use is now the larger one, but forms and rosters will still guess wrong sometimes.
- The -ie ending reads as a diminutive, which is why many parents register Stephanie or Stephen and use Stevie daily. If you give Stevie outright, that is a deliberate choice worth being at peace with.
- The musical association is strong and specific, and adults will mention it. It is affectionate rather than awkward, but expect the remark more than once.
- Spelling drift exists — Stevi, Steevie, Stevey — so the standard form occasionally needs confirming, though it is the one people default to.
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Feminine · #203 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Stevies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 17,500 people named Stevie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Stevie in 2025?
- Stevie ranks #203 among US girl names in 2025, with 1,496 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Stevie?
- About 1 in every 1,074 US girls born in 2025 was named Stevie — 1,496 in all.
- Will my child share the name Stevie with classmates?
- Stevie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Stevie
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