Stewart
Stewart was given to 27 boys in 2025, #4,029 among boys’ names; 31,285 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 18,200 Americans named Stewart and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (58% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 41 and 69.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Stewart by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Stewart mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Stewart is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the sense “steward” (stewart).
Borrowed from Middle Scots stewart (“steward”), from Early Scots stewart, from Old English stiġweard.
/ˈst(j)uɚt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Stewart?
#4,029 among boys’ names, 2025
Stewart fell from #2,404 in 2015 to #4,029 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 28.2 to 15.8 per million.
650 babies in 1959, the peak
Stewart peaked in 1959, when 650 babies were given it (645 boys, #306 among boys’ names). The 27 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,029 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,965 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,039 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,281 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,566 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,555 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,981 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,687 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,060 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,510 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 54 | #2,404 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 46 | #2,652 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 53 | #2,395 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,126 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,098 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 56 | #2,317 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 54 | #2,398 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 84 | #1,790 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 78 | #1,859 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 94 | #1,573 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 97 | #1,495 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 103 | #1,391 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 100 | #1,360 | 0.05 |
| 2002 | 110 | #1,238 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 111 | #1,212 | 0.06 |
| 2000 | 117 | #1,172 | 0.06 |
| 1999 | 110 | #1,178 | 0.06 |
| 1998 | 139 | #990 | 0.07 |
| 1997 | 120 | #1,060 | 0.06 |
| 1996 | 173 | #829 | 0.09 |
| 1995 | 169 | #822 | 0.09 |
| 1994 | 205 | #734 | 0.11 |
| 1993 | 226 | #684 | 0.12 |
| 1992 | 233 | #677 | 0.12 |
| 1991 | 275 | #615 | 0.14 |
| 1990 | 282 | #594 | 0.14 |
| 1989 | 274 | #590 | 0.14 |
| 1988 | 269 | #565 | 0.14 |
| 1987 | 287 | #534 | 0.15 |
| 1986 | 266 | #547 | 0.14 |
| 1985 | 282 | #521 | 0.15 |
| 1984 | 279 | #507 | 0.15 |
| 1983 | 247 | #531 | 0.14 |
| 1982 | 254 | #540 | 0.14 |
| 1981 | 248 | #532 | 0.14 |
| 1980 | 246 | #546 | 0.14 |
| 1979 | 266 | #516 | 0.15 |
| 1978 | 270 | #493 | 0.16 |
| 1977 | 276 | #489 | 0.17 |
| 1976 | 255 | #503 | 0.16 |
| 1975 | 235 | #526 | 0.15 |
| 1974 | 318 | #444 | 0.20 |
| 1973 | 314 | #443 | 0.20 |
| 1972 | 264 | #485 | 0.16 |
| 1971 | 342 | #443 | 0.19 |
| 1970 | 341 | #444 | 0.18 |
| 1969 | 322 | #440 | 0.18 |
| 1968 | 333 | #423 | 0.19 |
| 1967 | 378 | #388 | 0.22 |
| 1966 | 417 | #372 | 0.23 |
| 1965 | 457 | #355 | 0.25 |
| 1964 | 503 | #351 | 0.25 |
| 1963 | 526 | #338 | 0.26 |
| 1962 | 601 | #319 | 0.29 |
| 1961 | 639 | #309 | 0.30 |
| 1960 | 628 | #313 | 0.29 |
| 1959 | 645 | #306 | 0.30 |
| 1958 | 536 | #333 | 0.25 |
| 1957 | 574 | #318 | 0.27 |
| 1956 | 647 | #291 | 0.31 |
| 1955 | 631 | #285 | 0.31 |
| 1954 | 587 | #294 | 0.29 |
| 1953 | 574 | #293 | 0.29 |
| 1952 | 591 | #287 | 0.30 |
| 1951 | 513 | #307 | 0.27 |
| 1950 | 434 | #326 | 0.24 |
| 1949 | 388 | #342 | 0.22 |
| 1948 | 416 | #329 | 0.24 |
| 1947 | 456 | #321 | 0.25 |
| 1946 | 386 | #329 | 0.24 |
| 1945 | 348 | #318 | 0.26 |
| 1944 | 348 | #323 | 0.26 |
| 1943 | 424 | #298 | 0.30 |
| 1942 | 386 | #312 | 0.28 |
| 1941 | 335 | #321 | 0.27 |
| 1940 | 271 | #347 | 0.23 |
| 1939 | 286 | #325 | 0.26 |
| 1938 | 290 | #327 | 0.26 |
| 1937 | 250 | #343 | 0.23 |
| 1936 | 274 | #330 | 0.26 |
| 1935 | 227 | #360 | 0.22 |
| 1934 | 213 | #372 | 0.21 |
| 1933 | 215 | #371 | 0.22 |
| 1932 | 243 | #356 | 0.23 |
| 1931 | 216 | #382 | 0.21 |
| 1930 | 259 | #355 | 0.24 |
| 1929 | 241 | #371 | 0.22 |
| 1928 | 232 | #388 | 0.21 |
| 1927 | 278 | #351 | 0.25 |
| 1926 | 267 | #356 | 0.24 |
| 1925 | 282 | #350 | 0.25 |
| 1924 | 293 | #340 | 0.26 |
| 1923 | 302 | #336 | 0.28 |
| 1922 | 283 | #353 | 0.26 |
| 1921 | 293 | #344 | 0.27 |
| 1920 | 270 | #364 | 0.25 |
| 1919 | 252 | #364 | 0.26 |
| 1918 | 264 | #360 | 0.26 |
| 1917 | 266 | #336 | 0.29 |
| 1916 | 225 | #362 | 0.25 |
| 1915 | 220 | #363 | 0.26 |
| 1914 | 170 | #362 | 0.26 |
| 1913 | 149 | #336 | 0.29 |
| 1912 | 130 | #331 | 0.30 |
| 1911 | 64 | #343 | 0.28 |
| 1910 | 53 | #352 | 0.27 |
| 1909 | 40 | #384 | 0.24 |
| 1908 | 37 | #387 | 0.24 |
| 1907 | 33 | #395 | 0.22 |
| 1906 | 26 | #440 | 0.20 |
| 1905 | 31 | #381 | 0.23 |
| 1904 | 41 | #311 | 0.32 |
| 1903 | 32 | #345 | 0.27 |
| 1902 | 28 | #379 | 0.23 |
| 1901 | 31 | #323 | 0.29 |
| 1900 | 40 | #349 | 0.27 |
| 1899 | 34 | #304 | 0.32 |
| 1898 | 44 | #273 | 0.36 |
| 1897 | 22 | #408 | 0.20 |
| 1896 | 27 | #379 | 0.23 |
| 1895 | 39 | #287 | 0.33 |
| 1894 | 26 | #365 | 0.22 |
| 1893 | 27 | #347 | 0.24 |
| 1892 | 28 | #369 | 0.23 |
| 1891 | 32 | #296 | 0.32 |
| 1890 | 27 | #342 | 0.24 |
| 1889 | 19 | #430 | 0.17 |
| 1888 | 21 | #413 | 0.17 |
| 1887 | 20 | #374 | 0.20 |
| 1886 | 27 | #330 | 0.24 |
| 1885 | 22 | #386 | 0.20 |
| 1884 | 21 | #396 | 0.18 |
| 1883 | 18 | #431 | 0.17 |
| 1882 | 19 | #424 | 0.17 |
| 1881 | 27 | #317 | 0.27 |
| 1880 | 19 | #399 | 0.17 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Stewart a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Stewart has been given almost only to boys: 85 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Stewart: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Stewart, and how old are they?
18,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 58% of the 31,285 Americans ever recorded as Stewart. The median Stewart alive today is 58 years old; half are between 41 and 69.
The 2020 Census counted 20,783 people named Stewart (236 women and girls, 20,547 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 20,012 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,110 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 6,900 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 4,430 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,480 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 441 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Stewart born?
The states with the most babies named Stewart are New York, California and Pennsylvania, with 31% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 3,441 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| California | 2,099 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,039 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Texas | 1,368 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 1,252 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 1,230 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Virginia | 1,163 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Ohio | 1,009 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 965 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 834 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Stewart is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Stewart is most over-represented in Virginia: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Stewart with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 101,704 babies since 1880, Stewart is the second most given (31% of them). In 2025 it was given to 27 of their 80 babies (34%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Stewart
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Stewart and names like it
- Compare Stewart and StuartBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sStewart peaked in 1959.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Stewart since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Stewart: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1959The year the most babies were named Stewart.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Stewart alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with SMost given first.