Given name & surname
Stephenson
“crowned with garland”
Stephenson is a variant of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Stephenson is a variant of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Stephenson is a variant of Stephen. An origin associated with Stephen is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Stephenson as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Stephen.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stephenson through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 217
- 217 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1953
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1953. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 360 as a first name in 2020; 46,615 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Stephenson’s family of names
In English usage, Stephenson as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Stephen. Stephenson has a related form in Stephen. In English usage, Stephenson has a later derivative in استیونسون.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Stephenson
- Stephenson Kingformer Prime minister of Saint Luciaborn 1958
- Stephenson Robert ClarkeBritish soldier, businessman, botanist. ornithologist, horticulturalist, and art collector (1862–1948)
- Percy SmithNew Zealand surveyor and ethnologist (1840–1922)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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