How Many People Are Named Stuart?
people named Stuart are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 7,575 people in the US has this name
Based on 69,190 babies named Stuart in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,084 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an occupational surname originally belonging to a person who was a steward. It is ultimately derived from Old English stig "house" and weard "guard". As a given name, it arose in 19th-century Scotland in honour of the Stuart royal family, which produced several kings and queens of Scotland and Britain between the 14th and 18th centuries.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Stuart in English. Counting Stuart and these spellings together, about 63,589 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Stuart (99.5%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Stuart alive today is about 56 years old, and 51% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 42 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Stuart first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1960, to 2,084 babies. In 2025, 53 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Stuart has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #161, in 1960. In 2025 it ranked #2,534.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,534 |
| Best rank | #161 (1960) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #194 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Stuart alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Stuart were born in New York than in any other state: about 5,710 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Stuart was given 2.2 times as often in Virginia, 2 times in New York and 1.8 times in Vermont.
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