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How popular is the name Stuart?
Births per year, rank history and how many Stuarts are alive today.
Stuart (male), once a common boys' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 9 in 2024, ranked 2444th. This spelling of the name peaked in 1974, when around 4,200 babies were given the name, the 24th most popular that year. It has declined since 1974; the 2024 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 17,000 babies have been named Stuart in England and Wales since 1944. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Stuart is one spelling of a name also recorded as Stewart; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Stuart you are most likely to meet is around 53 years old. Half of all Stuarts born in England and Wales are between 45 and 63, and there are at least 130,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 35% chance that at least one of them will be called Stuart.
How many babies are named Stuart each year?
Includes all spellings: Stuart, Stewart. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Stuart spelling rank?
Where does the Stewart spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Stuart most popular?
Stuart peaked in 1974, when around 4,200 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Stuart?
At least 130,000 people named Stuart in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Stuart?
Most living Stuarts are between 45 and 63; the most common age is about 53.
Is Stuart becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1974 peak.