first name
STEWART
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 20,783 people named Stewart, 83.3% reported their origin as White, 7.6% as Black and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Stewart peaked in 1959, when 650 babies got the name.
At least 31,285 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Stewart by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #665. The largest share of babies named Stewart, 32.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Stewart is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Stewart has been most common in Virginia (2.1×), Maryland (1.8×), and New York (1.8×), and least common in Arkansas (0.25×).
24,568 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Stewart
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Stewart, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Stewart ranks #61 of 156,621, with 311,429 people. See Stewart as a last name
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