first name
STUART
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 52,140 people named Stuart, 91% reported their origin as White, 2.6% as Black and 2.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Stuart peaked in 1960, when 2,084 babies got the name.
At least 69,190 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.
Stuart by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #404. The largest share of babies named Stuart, 39.7%, 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 Stuart is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Stuart has been most common in New York (2.2×), Virginia (2.1×), and Vermont (2.1×), and least common in Mississippi (0.31×).
63,542 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 Stuart
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Stuart, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Stuart ranks #993 of 156,621, with 34,534 people. See Stuart as a last name
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