boy's name

Stewart

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 37,223

Northern Ireland

#216

2006 births

Stewart is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 27 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 1959, when 650 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 122,805 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Stewart over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

5,742
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Stewart by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 213
1890s 306
1900s 339
1910s 1,793
1920s 2,747
1930s 2,473
1940s 3,763
1950s 5,742
1960s 4,819
1970s 2,892
1980s 2,666
1990s 1,956
2000s 948
2010s 465
2020s (to 2025) 163

How popular is Stewart?

In 2025, Stewart was given to 27 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Stewart is used

Northern Ireland #216 8 in 2006
Ireland #434 4 in 2002
Scotland #564 5 in 2022
Canada #3,117 6 in 2024
United States #4,010 27 in 2025
France #4,482 5 in 2003
England & Wales #6,224 3 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Stewart

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Stewart also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Stewart over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Stewart

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Stewart — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Stewart

How popular is the name Stewart?

In 2025, Stewart was given to 27 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Stewart a girl's or a boy's name?

Stewart is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Stewart?

Stewart has 2 syllables.

When was Stewart most popular?

Stewart peaked in 1959, when 650 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Stewart a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Stewart currently ranks #3,117 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.