Stuart
Stuart was given to 53 boys in 2025, #2,534 among boys’ names; 69,190 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 44,400 Americans named Stuart and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (64% of everyone recorded); the median is 60 years old and half are between 43 and 69.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Stuart by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Stuart mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Stuart is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
/ˈst(j)uɚt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Stuart?
#2,534 among boys’ names, 2025
Stuart fell from #1,803 in 2015 to #2,534 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 43.8 to 31.0 per million.
2,084 babies in 1960, the peak
Stuart peaked in 1960, when 2,084 babies were given it (2,074 boys, #161 among boys’ names). The 53 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #2,534 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,263 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 50 | #2,650 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,373 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 51 | #2,584 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,317 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,257 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 68 | #2,098 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 73 | #1,973 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,202 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 84 | #1,803 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 83 | #1,811 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 84 | #1,750 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 87 | #1,739 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 97 | #1,598 | 0.05 |
| 2010 | 90 | #1,711 | 0.05 |
| 2009 | 114 | #1,468 | 0.06 |
| 2008 | 113 | #1,464 | 0.06 |
| 2007 | 132 | #1,310 | 0.06 |
| 2006 | 160 | #1,101 | 0.08 |
| 2005 | 157 | #1,059 | 0.08 |
| 2004 | 158 | #1,037 | 0.08 |
| 2003 | 169 | #965 | 0.09 |
| 2002 | 189 | #870 | 0.10 |
| 2001 | 242 | #725 | 0.12 |
| 2000 | 268 | #668 | 0.14 |
| 1999 | 241 | #695 | 0.13 |
| 1998 | 259 | #663 | 0.14 |
| 1997 | 305 | #589 | 0.16 |
| 1996 | 324 | #564 | 0.17 |
| 1995 | 397 | #514 | 0.21 |
| 1994 | 473 | #464 | 0.24 |
| 1993 | 450 | #468 | 0.23 |
| 1992 | 519 | #427 | 0.26 |
| 1991 | 666 | #361 | 0.33 |
| 1990 | 708 | #344 | 0.34 |
| 1989 | 739 | #324 | 0.37 |
| 1988 | 676 | #319 | 0.35 |
| 1987 | 658 | #320 | 0.35 |
| 1986 | 685 | #300 | 0.37 |
| 1985 | 780 | #268 | 0.42 |
| 1984 | 691 | #294 | 0.38 |
| 1983 | 637 | #310 | 0.36 |
| 1982 | 586 | #326 | 0.32 |
| 1981 | 595 | #323 | 0.33 |
| 1980 | 561 | #334 | 0.31 |
| 1979 | 570 | #327 | 0.33 |
| 1978 | 540 | #324 | 0.33 |
| 1977 | 577 | #323 | 0.35 |
| 1976 | 560 | #316 | 0.36 |
| 1975 | 565 | #317 | 0.36 |
| 1974 | 678 | #276 | 0.43 |
| 1973 | 677 | #273 | 0.43 |
| 1972 | 587 | #313 | 0.36 |
| 1971 | 788 | #269 | 0.45 |
| 1970 | 768 | #274 | 0.41 |
| 1969 | 834 | #250 | 0.47 |
| 1968 | 887 | #240 | 0.51 |
| 1967 | 962 | #228 | 0.55 |
| 1966 | 1,171 | #202 | 0.66 |
| 1965 | 1,295 | #196 | 0.70 |
| 1964 | 1,512 | #184 | 0.76 |
| 1963 | 1,589 | #187 | 0.78 |
| 1962 | 1,735 | #175 | 0.84 |
| 1961 | 1,902 | #166 | 0.90 |
| 1960 | 2,074 | #161 | 1.0 |
| 1959 | 1,848 | #168 | 0.87 |
| 1958 | 1,337 | #203 | 0.63 |
| 1957 | 1,427 | #194 | 0.66 |
| 1956 | 1,489 | #186 | 0.70 |
| 1955 | 1,405 | #189 | 0.68 |
| 1954 | 1,495 | #178 | 0.73 |
| 1953 | 1,367 | #185 | 0.69 |
| 1952 | 1,258 | #190 | 0.65 |
| 1951 | 1,250 | #186 | 0.66 |
| 1950 | 1,196 | #186 | 0.67 |
| 1949 | 1,194 | #178 | 0.67 |
| 1948 | 1,073 | #188 | 0.61 |
| 1947 | 1,191 | #178 | 0.65 |
| 1946 | 1,031 | #180 | 0.63 |
| 1945 | 788 | #191 | 0.59 |
| 1944 | 795 | #192 | 0.58 |
| 1943 | 924 | #179 | 0.65 |
| 1942 | 963 | #171 | 0.70 |
| 1941 | 886 | #173 | 0.72 |
| 1940 | 680 | #195 | 0.59 |
| 1939 | 590 | #207 | 0.53 |
| 1938 | 640 | #200 | 0.58 |
| 1937 | 623 | #198 | 0.58 |
| 1936 | 542 | #215 | 0.52 |
| 1935 | 495 | #236 | 0.48 |
| 1934 | 493 | #235 | 0.48 |
| 1933 | 439 | #250 | 0.44 |
| 1932 | 463 | #250 | 0.44 |
| 1931 | 399 | #277 | 0.38 |
| 1930 | 412 | #280 | 0.38 |
| 1929 | 386 | #283 | 0.36 |
| 1928 | 395 | #282 | 0.36 |
| 1927 | 358 | #305 | 0.32 |
| 1926 | 368 | #297 | 0.33 |
| 1925 | 399 | #287 | 0.36 |
| 1924 | 355 | #303 | 0.31 |
| 1923 | 374 | #289 | 0.34 |
| 1922 | 344 | #309 | 0.32 |
| 1921 | 351 | #307 | 0.32 |
| 1920 | 326 | #322 | 0.31 |
| 1919 | 270 | #345 | 0.28 |
| 1918 | 280 | #344 | 0.28 |
| 1917 | 278 | #326 | 0.30 |
| 1916 | 259 | #332 | 0.29 |
| 1915 | 249 | #335 | 0.29 |
| 1914 | 188 | #338 | 0.29 |
| 1913 | 157 | #324 | 0.31 |
| 1912 | 118 | #352 | 0.27 |
| 1911 | 48 | #419 | 0.21 |
| 1910 | 40 | #439 | 0.21 |
| 1909 | 33 | #448 | 0.20 |
| 1908 | 23 | #538 | 0.15 |
| 1907 | 36 | #380 | 0.25 |
| 1906 | 33 | #377 | 0.25 |
| 1905 | 34 | #358 | 0.26 |
| 1904 | 38 | #327 | 0.30 |
| 1903 | 26 | #392 | 0.22 |
| 1902 | 22 | #457 | 0.18 |
| 1901 | 22 | #405 | 0.21 |
| 1900 | 22 | #515 | 0.15 |
| 1899 | 18 | #456 | 0.17 |
| 1898 | 20 | #470 | 0.16 |
| 1897 | 23 | #403 | 0.20 |
| 1896 | 20 | #457 | 0.17 |
| 1895 | 20 | #452 | 0.17 |
| 1894 | 16 | #519 | 0.14 |
| 1893 | 17 | #458 | 0.15 |
| 1892 | 17 | #494 | 0.14 |
| 1891 | 20 | #395 | 0.20 |
| 1890 | 13 | #562 | 0.12 |
| 1889 | 21 | #404 | 0.19 |
| 1888 | 15 | #523 | 0.12 |
| 1887 | 18 | #405 | 0.18 |
| 1886 | 17 | #447 | 0.15 |
| 1885 | 13 | #543 | 0.12 |
| 1884 | 11 | #604 | 0.10 |
| 1883 | 11 | #588 | 0.11 |
| 1882 | 10 | #646 | 0.09 |
| 1881 | 12 | #529 | 0.12 |
| 1880 | 16 | #463 | 0.14 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Stuart a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Stuart has been given almost only to boys: 314 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Stuart: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Stuart, and how old are they?
44,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 64% of the 69,190 Americans ever recorded as Stuart. The median Stuart alive today is 60 years old; half are between 43 and 69.
The 2020 Census counted 52,140 people named Stuart (253 women and girls, 51,887 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 48,881 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,560 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 18,600 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 10,500 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 9,150 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,740 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 820 |
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 Stuart born?
The states with the most babies named Stuart are New York, California and Illinois, with 31% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 10,687 | #2,006 | 1.9× |
| California | 5,457 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 3,431 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 3,085 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 3,048 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Texas | 2,902 | #2,531 | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 2,749 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 2,332 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New Jersey | 2,188 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Massachusetts | 1,998 | not ranked | 1.0× |
Where Stuart is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Stuart is most over-represented in Virginia: since 1910 it was given 1.9 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 Stuart 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 2 names spelled alike, given to 100,475 babies since 1880, Stuart is the most given (69% of them). In 2025 it was given to 53 of their 80 babies (66%), again the 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 Stuart
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 Stuart and names like it
- Compare Stuart and StewartBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sStuart peaked in 1960.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Stuart since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Stuart: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1960The year the most babies were named Stuart.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Stuart alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with SMost given first.