Stuart

Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122 · #2,516 for boys in 2025, 53 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1960 · 2,074 births
Debut · boys
16 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
68,876
since 1880

Stuart over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Stuart has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201939peak #161, 1960boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,51653
2024#3,21637
2023#2,61450
2022#2,35560
2021#2,55251
2020#2,29259
2019#2,22862
2018#2,08368
2017#1,95873
2016#2,18462
2015#1,79084
2014#1,79483
2013#1,73384
2012#1,72987
2011#1,58797
2010#1,69790
2009#1,459114
2008#1,452113
2007#1,306132
2006#1,097160
2005#1,053157
2004#1,034158
2003#964169
2002#868189
2001#723242
2000#667268
1999#696241
1998#14,1225#661259
1997#10,8367#589305
1996#13,5185#564324
1995#10,5147#514397
1994#463473
1993#468450
1992#11,7386#427519
1991#13,1475#360666
1990#344708
1989#323739
1988#10,3866#319676
1987#9,8256#319658
1986#10,9125#300685
1985#6,45710#268780
1984#10,4225#293691
1983#8,0477#310637
1982#9,2376#326586
1981#321595
1980#334561
1979#327570
1978#324540
1977#7,5677#323577
1976#314560
1975#9,0675#315565
1974#276678
1973#6,0808#273677
1972#313587
1971#8,3245#269788
1970#7,0706#273768
1969#5,9747#250834
1968#240887
1967#5,4577#228962
1966#5,8096#2021,171
1965#1951,295
1964#6,0096#1841,512
1963#4,5399#1871,589
1962#1751,735
1961#5,3097#1661,902
1960#4,18410#1612,074
1959#5,0317#1681,848
1958#4,5208#2031,337
1957#1941,427
1956#1861,489
1955#5,8285#1891,405
1954#5,7535#1781,495
1953#1851,367
1952#4,1238#1881,258
1951#1861,250
1950#3,9628#1861,196
1949#5,2445#1781,194
1948#4,2057#1881,073
1947#5,2955#1781,191
1946#1801,031
1945#191788
1944#192795
1943#4,1966#178924
1942#3,1949#171963
1941#173886
1940#4,3495#195680
1939#3,7826#207590
1938#4,3425#199640
1937#2,9409#198623
1936#4,1815#215542
1935#236495
1934#235493
1933#250439
1932#3,5687#250463
1931#277399
1930#3,3458#279412
1929#282386
1928#4,7255#282395
1927#3,8757#305358
1926#296368
1925#287399
1924#5,0615#303355
1923#289374
1922#309344
1921#307351
1920#322326
1919#343270
1918#2,82211#344280
1917#326278
1916#332259
1915#4,2745#335249
1914#338188
1913#322157
1912#349118
1911#41648
1910#43040
1909#43633
1908#52223
1907#37536
1906#36333
1905#35534
1904#32238
1903#38126
1902#44022
1901#39922
1900#49022
1899#43818
1898#45220
1897#39223
1896#43820
1895#43720
1894#50216
1893#44817
1892#48017
1891#38620
1890#53313
1889#38821
1888#50515
1887#39218
1886#43117
1885#52113
1884#57011
1883#55611
1882#61110
1881#50312
1880#44216
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Stuart was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1885, when fewer than 14 boys a year got the name.

See more about Stuart
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 700 spots since 2024 (#3,216#2,516)
  • 224 spots since 2020 (#2,292#2,516)
  • 726 spots since 2015 (#1,790#2,516)
  • Biggest jump: 147 spots in 1891 (#533#386)
  • Biggest drop: 147 spots in 1908 (#375#522)
Rise & fade · boys
80 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1960 at #161 (2,074 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 124 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 124 yrs · run 1880–2003
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,028
  • Highest: 1 in 1,028 boys born in 1960 were named Stuart (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 32,228 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 20.4% of all boys named Stuart (14,072) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s144#388 (1889)#492
1890s184#386 (1891)#451
1900s289#322 (1904)#408
1910s1,887#322 (1913)#354
1920s3,656#282 (1928)#298
1930s5,096#198 (1937)#235
1940s9,525#171 (1942)#182
1950s14,072#168 (1959)#186
1960s13,961#161 (1960)#199
1970s6,310#269 (1971)#301
1980s6,608#268 (1985)#311
1990s4,342#344 (1990)#509
2000s1,702#667 (2000)#1,062
2010s790#1,587 (2011)#1,878
2020s310#2,292 (2020)#2,591

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Stuart in 1939

girls
#3,782
6 births · 1 in 182,769 girls
boys
#207
590 births · 1 in 1,876 boys

Top girls' names in 1939

  1. #1Mary54,900
  2. #2Barbara37,257
  3. #3Patricia29,701
  4. #4Betty23,639
  5. #5Shirley20,447
  6. #6Carol20,166
  7. #7Nancy19,723
  8. #8Judith16,625
  9. #9Dorothy15,169
  10. #10Margaret14,949
  11. #3,782Stuart6

Top boys' names in 1939

  1. #1Robert59,666
  2. #2James59,636
  3. #3John51,025
  4. #4William42,071
  5. #5Richard35,386
  6. #6Charles30,789
  7. #7David25,360
  8. #8Donald24,056
  9. #9Thomas22,129
  10. #10Ronald19,837
  11. #207Stuart590
More about 1939

girls

1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 182,769 of them was named Stuart, which outranked 23.6% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stuart
  1. #3,429Wyonia7
  2. #3,429Zera7
  3. #3,429Zerelda7
  4. #3,782Stuart6
  5. #3,782Adonna6
  6. #3,782Alan6
  7. #3,782Alfretta6
  8. #4,250Abelina5
  9. #4,250Adelmira5
  10. #4,250Adine5

Tied with 467 names at #3,782; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. 880April#1,805#925
  2. 865Karel#1,703#838
  3. 725Hedy#1,650#925
  4. 722Vivien#1,703#981
  5. 709Karon#1,547#838
Fallers
  1. 712Eulalia#972#1,684
  2. 446Shelvia#955#1,401
  3. 358Naoma#992#1,350
  4. 304Imelda#890#1,194
  5. 279Helaine#870#1,149

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 1,876 of them was named Stuart, which outranked 94.8% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stuart
  1. #204Alex597
  2. #205Gregory596
  3. #205Wendell596
  4. #207Stuart590
  5. #208Rudolph587
  6. #209Roosevelt586
  7. #209Troy586
Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. 463Alfonzo#1,439#976
  2. 447Rod#1,439#992
  3. 443Estel#1,397#954
  4. 422Cameron#1,364#942
  5. 421Turner#1,337#916
Fallers
  1. 518Gonzalo#779#1,297
  2. 497Judge#992#1,489
  3. 396Melville#963#1,359
  4. 355Agustin#883#1,238
  5. 351Antone#921#1,272

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1939