Stuart

Meaning: Steward
Origin: Scottish surname — Variant of Stewart

Nicknames: Stu

Boy's name · #2534 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Stuart — on the books since 1880, #2534 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 69,000 boys have carried the name since. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 1 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#400 in Scotland (2025) · #1,944 in Canada (2025) · #2,144 in Sweden (2025) · #2,746 in Ecuador (2025) · #3,256 in England & Wales (2025) · #23,051 in Italy (2024) · #3,293 in Austria (2023) · #572 in Ireland (2022) · #895 in Poland (2016) · #314 in N. Ireland (2015) · #4,842 in France (2004) · #293 in New Zealand (1999) and 2 more.

Famous Stuarts

Stuart Sutcliffe — Scottish painter and musician better known as the original bass guitarist of the English rock band the Beatles (1940–1962)
Stuart Hall — Jamaican-British Marxist sociologist, cultural theorist, and activist (1932–2014)
Stuart Whitman — American actor (1928–2020)
Stuart Pearce — English footballer and manager (born 1962)
Stuart Roosa — American astronaut (1933–1994)
Stuart Townsend — Irish actor (born 1972)
Stuart Holden — American footballer (born 1985)
Stuart Bingham — English snooker player (born 1976)
Stuart Armstrong — Scottish footballer (born 1992)
Stuart Baxter — Scottish football manager (born 1953)

In stories & tradition

Stuart (2-D) — Fictional vocalist and keyboard player of the virtual band Gorillaz
Stuart Bloom — The Big Bang Theory (TV series)
Stuart Parker — Neighbours (TV series)

What Stuarts become

Among 1,831 notable people named Stuart:

Sports figures appear 1.48× more often than among typical names — e.g. Stuart Pearce, English footballer and manager (born 1962).

Similar names: Dewayne · Stephan · Neal · Gilbert · Kurt · Roderick

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