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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #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 1959

girls
#5,031
7 births · 1 in 289,066 girls
boys
#168
1,848 births · 1 in 1,155 boys

Top girls' names in 1959

  1. #1Mary54,502
  2. #2Susan41,617
  3. #3Linda40,410
  4. #4Karen36,784
  5. #5Donna36,468
  6. #6Patricia35,223
  7. #7Debra31,388
  8. #8Cynthia30,186
  9. #9Deborah29,546
  10. #10Lisa25,699
  11. #5,031Stuart7

Top boys' names in 1959

  1. #1Michael85,294
  2. #2David83,977
  3. #3James78,648
  4. #4John76,446
  5. #5Robert74,542
  6. #6Mark56,945
  7. #7William51,386
  8. #8Richard47,202
  9. #9Thomas40,296
  10. #10Steven33,597
  11. #168Stuart1,848
More about 1959

girls

2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 289,066 of them was named Stuart, which outranked 30.1% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stuart
  1. #4,625Yael8
  2. #4,625Ysabel8
  3. #4,625Zoila8
  4. #5,031Stuart7
  5. #5,031Adora7
  6. #5,031Adrain7
  7. #5,031Adrena7
  8. #5,566Adana6
  9. #5,566Adeana6
  10. #5,566Adelfa6

Tied with 534 names at #5,031; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. 1,090Alesia#1,985#895
  2. 948Tori#1,791#843
  3. 440Taryn#1,211#771
  4. 437Venus#1,007#570
  5. 393Vilma#1,364#971
Fallers
  1. 283Dani#961#1,244
  2. 257Nicki#973#1,230
  3. 235Lanita#973#1,208
  4. 219Concetta#973#1,192
  5. 197Gisele#766#963

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

boys

2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 1,155 of them was named Stuart, which outranked 96.3% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stuart
  1. #165Dwayne1,905
  2. #166Ron1,875
  3. #167Lloyd1,872
  4. #168Stuart1,848
  5. #169Herbert1,844
  6. #170Bret1,839
  7. #171Tyrone1,821
Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. 2,208Efrem#3,033#825
  2. 901Darin#1,677#776
  3. 871Yancy#1,557#686
  4. 708Raynard#1,677#969
  5. 644Darrin#1,396#752
Fallers
  1. 307Jace#761#1,068
  2. 241Otha#915#1,156
  3. 234Cheryl#994#1,228
  4. 230Dann#969#1,199
  5. 227Carnell#777#1,004

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

See the top 100 for 1959