Gender: Male
On the name Stephen Mather, Stephen means To Wear a Crown, Wreath, Garland, Crowned. Mather means Powerful Army, Strong Army.
The name Stephen Mather is often used as a Male name and is mostly used as a First Name.
Stephen is commonly found in United Kingdom, United States of America, Nigeria, and 91 more countries.
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At NamesLook, the name Stephen is recorded 135,754 times globally, ranking it as the 406th most common name worldwide.
Stephen is most prevalent in United Kingdom, with 45,853 occurrences, making it the 24th most popular name in the country.
In Ireland, the name Stephen is found among 1 in every 11 people, showcasing its highest frequency there.
| Country | Rank | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | #24 | 1 : 12 |
| United States of America | #153 | 1 : 55 |
| Nigeria | #66 | 1 : 97 |
| Ireland | #11 | 1 : 11 |
| South Africa | #267 | 1 : 374 |
| Canada | #79 | 1 : 76 |
| Ghana | #18 | 1 : 42 |
| Hong Kong | #93 | 1 : 117 |
| France | #1,105 | 1 : 596 |
| Malaysia | #628 | 1 : 928 |
This chart displays the ranking of the name Stephen from 1980 to 2023, based on the most recent data from the U.S. Social Security Administration.
Stephen Tyng Mather was an American industrialist and conservationist who was the first director of the National Park Service. As president and owner of Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company he became a millionaire. With his friend the journalist Robert Sterling Yard, Mather led a publicity campaign to promote the creation of a unified federal agency to oversee National Parks administration, which was established in 1916. In 1917, Mather was appointed to lead the NPS, the new agency created within the Department of the Interior. He served until 1929, during which time Mather created a professional civil service organization, increased the numbers of parks and national monuments, and established systematic criteria for adding new properties to the federal system.
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