Stuart
Stuart was the 2534th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 53 babies. Its best year was 1960, when it ranked 161st with 2,074 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 731 places. More babies were named Stuart in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Meaning "steward" · Old English, Scottish, French
Say it STOO-ert /ˈstuərt/
- Rank in 2025
- #2,534 boys, down 216 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 53boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19602,074 babies
- Total since 1880
- 69,190babies recorded
What does the name Stuart mean?
Stuart is the French spelling of the Scottish surname Stewart, which began as a job title: the steward who ran a royal or noble household. The word goes back to Old English stigweard, from stig, "house, hall", and weard, "guardian". The Stewart family were hereditary stewards of Scotland and became its royal house; the Stuart spelling was adopted in the 16th century under Mary, Queen of Scots. As a given name it dates from the 19th century.
stigweard (Old English, “house-guardian, steward”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Stewart, Stu.
See also: English names, names from occupations.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Stuart', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Stewart', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wikipedia, 'Stuart (name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Nicknames for Stuart
The usual nicknames for Stuart are Stu.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Boys, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stu | Traditional | — | — |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are boys given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Stuarts go by each one.
Stuart popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 314 since 1915.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,534 | 53 |
| 2020 | #2,318 | 59 |
| 2010 | #1,711 | 90 |
| 2000 | #669 | 268 |
| 1990 | #344 | 708 |
| 1980 | #334 | 561 |
| 1970 | #274 | 768 |
| 1960 | #161 | 2,074 |
| 1950 | #186 | 1,196 |
| 1940 | #195 | 680 |
| 1930 | #280 | 412 |
| 1920 | #322 | 326 |
| 1910 | #439 | 40 |
| 1900 | #515 | 22 |
| 1890 | #562 | 13 |
| 1880 | #463 | 16 |
How popular is Stuart, counting every spelling?
Stuart is the most common spelling of a name family that had 80 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 80 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart | 53 | #2,534 | 251 |
| Stewart | 27 | #4,030 | 132 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Stuart?
53 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Stuart (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Stuart born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 158 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Stuart.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Stuart?
About 44,200 people born in the US named Stuart are alive today, with a median age of 61; half are between 43 and 69. That makes Stuart a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Stuart by state
How common Stuart was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 46 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Stuart: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Stuart, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Stuart · Sibling names for Stuart
Questions about the name Stuart
What does Stuart mean?
Stuart means “"steward"” (Old English, Scottish, French origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Stuart?
Stuart was the 2534th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 53 babies. Its best year was 1960, when it ranked 161st with 2,074 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 731 places. More babies were named Stuart in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Is Stuart a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Stuart in the US.
Where is Stuart most popular?
In 2021–2025, Stuart was most common in Michigan (0.03 per 1,000 boys), followed by Pennsylvania and New York.