Stuart
Stuart is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 37 births. Its best rank was 161st, in 1960.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 370.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 19602,072 births
- Best rank
- #161in 1960
- Since 1880
- 68,828people given the name
The story in the numbers
68,828 boys have been named Stuart in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1960, with 2,072 births.
The name has all but left use: 37 births in 2024, against 2,072 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1959, and the 1950s alone account for 20%. It has spent 124 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Stuart | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 144 | |
| 1890s | 184 | |
| 1900s | 289 | |
| 1910s | 1,887 | |
| 1920s | 3,656 | |
| 1930s | 5,096 | |
| 1940s | 9,525 | |
| 1950s | 14,073 | |
| 1960s | 13,962 | |
| 1970s | 6,311 | |
| 1980s | 6,610 | |
| 1990s | 4,342 | |
| 2000s | 1,702 | |
| 2010s | 790 | |
| 2020s | 257 |
In 1960, its biggest year
Stuart was the 161st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1960 were David, Michael, James, John and Robert. See all of 1960.
Names that rose and fell with Stuart
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Curtispeak 1962
- Kennethpeak 1957
- Erniepeak 1959
- Randlepeak 1954
- Dwightpeak 1953
- Douglasspeak 1970
- Johnnypeak 1947
- Davidpeak 1955
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.