# Stuart (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/stuart/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈst(j)uɚt/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Stu, Stuie |
| Variant spellings | Stewart, Steuart |
| US babies named this | 69,190 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 68,876 / 314 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,422, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 5 | 10,380 |
| 1977 | 7 | 8,318 |
| 1982 | 6 | 10,344 |
| 1983 | 7 | 8,883 |
| 1984 | 5 | 11,951 |
| 1985 | 10 | 6,896 |
| 1986 | 5 | 12,584 |
| 1987 | 6 | 11,131 |
| 1988 | 6 | 11,606 |
| 1991 | 5 | 15,135 |
| 1992 | 6 | 13,153 |
| 1995 | 7 | 11,646 |
| 1996 | 5 | 15,570 |
| 1997 | 7 | 11,928 |
| 1998 | 5 | 16,290 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 97 | 1,598 |
| 2012 | 87 | 1,740 |
| 2013 | 84 | 1,751 |
| 2014 | 83 | 1,811 |
| 2015 | 84 | 1,803 |
| 2016 | 62 | 2,202 |
| 2017 | 73 | 1,973 |
| 2018 | 68 | 2,099 |
| 2019 | 62 | 2,258 |
| 2020 | 59 | 2,318 |
| 2021 | 51 | 2,585 |
| 2022 | 60 | 2,374 |
| 2023 | 50 | 2,651 |
| 2024 | 37 | 3,265 |
| 2025 | 53 | 2,534 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 743 |
| 2012 | 36 | 852 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,183 |
| 2014 | 32 | 916 |
| 2015 | 29 | 996 |
| 2016 | 22 | 1,234 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,470 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 斯圖爾特 /斯图尔特
- French: Stuart
- Scottish Gaelic: Stiùbhart

## People named Stuart

- John Stuart Mill, British philosopher and political economist (1806–1873)
- Stuart Pearce, English footballer and manager (born 1962)
- Stuart Whitman, American actor (1928-2020)
- Stuart Roosa, American astronaut (1933–1994)
- Stuart Bingham, English snooker player
- Stuart Holden, American soccer player
- Mary Stuart Masterson, American actress and director
- Stuart Baxter, English association football player and manager
- J. Stuart Blackton, American film producer (1875–1941)
- Stuart J. Russell, British computer scientist (1962-)
- Stuart Taylor, English association football player (born 1980)
- Stuart O'Grady, Australian cyclist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.