Steward — boys' name

What the Data Says About Steward

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,229 babies named Steward between 1882 and 2002, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Steward currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Steward performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 217 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Steward shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 79 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Steward in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Steward in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,229 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.