Boys' name · peaked in 1898
Stewart name popularity since 1925
27,187 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Stewart. Half of them were born in 1960 or earlier, so the typical Stewart is about 66 years old in 2026. Stewart peaked in 1898 as the #273 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 27,187
- Named Stewart, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1898
- #273 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,030 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% boys
- 79 girls · 27,108 boys
- Most popular in
- Virginia
- 2.02× its national share
Peak year is the year Stewart made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Stewart births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1956. Measured as a share of all babies, Stewart peaked earlier, in 1898.
- Steepest fall: Between 1994 and 1999, Stewart's share of baby boys fell by 46%, from 1 in 9,420 to 1 in 17,500.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Stewart's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Stewart.
Decade by decade
Babies named Stewart in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 1,300 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 2,473 | #360 |
| 1940s | 5 | 3,758 | #318 |
| 1950s | 10 | 5,732 | #285 |
| 1960s | 15 | 4,804 | #355 |
| 1970s | 11 | 2,881 | #526 |
| 1980s | 14 | 2,652 | #521 |
| 1990s | 24 | 1,932 | #825 |
| 2000s | 0 | 948 | #1,496 |
| 2010s | 0 | 465 | #2,405 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 163 | #4,030 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
37.8% of babies named Stewart from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Stewart is most popular
The index compares Stewart's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Stewart.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 2.02× | 1,019 |
| New York | 1.80× | 3,062 |
| Maryland | 1.73× | 592 |
| Utah | 1.66× | 316 |
| Kentucky | 1.51× | 567 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Stewart's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Stewart.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Stewart (1898).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data