Steffi
Steffi is a feminine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Stephanie or Stefanie.
- German
Meaning & Origin of Steffi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Steffi is a feminine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Stephanie or Stefanie.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
The Story of Steffi
Steffi first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1942, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1989: 36 births, good for #2,986 nationwide. About 35% of every Steffi on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Steffi last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 532 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Steffi
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About the name Steffi
Steffi is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1942 and has accumulated 532 births in the dataset. Steffi's peak popularity came in 1989 when it ranked #2,986. Use the chart and map above to compare Steffi's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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