Stuart — #3207 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Stuart

The Social Security Administration has registered 68,828 babies named Stuart between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stuart currently holds the #3207 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 2,072 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Stuart performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 14,073 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Stuart shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10,683 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Stuart in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Stuart 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 68,828 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.