Boys' name · since 1958
Stu
55 babies named Stu in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,584 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 55
- born since 1958
- 1960s
- peak decade
Stu is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 55 have been recorded since 1958.
Stu has 55 recorded births among boys since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 1964.
- #21,584 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 55 born since 1958
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stu ranks #21,584 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 55 born since 1958, peaking in the 1960s.
- #21,584 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 55
- born since 1958
- 1960s
- peak decade
Stu's 55 recorded births place it above 52.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Stu's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Stu splits its recorded history at 1961: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1958 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1962 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Stu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1964
- Peak year (1962)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Stu by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (39 births, 71% of the file).
1960s was Stu's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Stu births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
16 births
- 1960s
1960s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 39 births (71% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Stu: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~6 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1958–1964 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Stu draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.