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Stewart

Gender
Boy
UK rank, 2025
#3,021 for boys
US rank, 2025
#3,948 for boys

Stewart is a boys' name, meaning “steward”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).

What does Stewart mean?

“steward”

A male given name transferred from the surname.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Stewart is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Stewart in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,021st among boys
Babies in 2025
7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling fast down 66% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Stewart, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 146 boys.

Half of all the boys named Stewart in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1954 (#91), 1964 (#83), 1974 (#88) and 1984 (#98).

1996Busiest: 146 in 19962025
Stewart in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20257#3,021
20240–
20235#3,712
20229#2,457
20219#2,434
202010#2,185
201913#1,858
201812#1,981
201715#1,738
201613#1,909
201529#1,064
201417#1,511
201317#1,493
201225#1,166
201134#929
201028#1,066
200931#956
200839#806
200738#796
200665#521
200543#673
200443#634
200348#546
200267#393
200185#349
200087#344
1999103#303
1998130#255
1997146#240
1996146#235

How popular is Stewart in the US?

Rank in 2025
3,948th among boys
Babies in 2025
27 about 1 in 63,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 15% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Stewart, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 1956, with 647 boys.

Half of all the boys named Stewart in the US since 1880 were born between 1939 and 1973, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 647 in 19562025
Stewart in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202527#3,948
202428#3,894
202320#4,882
202225#4,180
202132#3,494
202031#3,495
201927#3,896
201830#3,603
201739#3,005
201632#3,440
201554#2,385
201446#2,620
201353#2,363
201264#2,103
201164#2,076
201056#2,286
200954#2,380
200884#1,775
200778#1,848
200694#1,562
200597#1,484
2004103#1,382
2003100#1,355
2002110#1,233
2001111#1,206
2000117#1,170
1999110#1,172
1998139#986
1997120#1,056
1996173#825
1995169#821
1994205#733
1993226#684
1992233#677
1991275#614
1990282#592
1989274#590
1988269#565
1987287#533
1986266#547
1985282#520
1984279#505
1983247#530
1982254#537
1981248#532
1980246#546
1979266#516
1978270#492
1977276#489
1976255#502
1975235#526
1974318#444
1973314#441
1972264#484
1971342#443
1970341#443
1969322#440
1968333#422
1967378#388
1966417#371
1965457#355
1964503#351
1963526#337
1962601#319
1961639#307
1960628#313
1959645#305
1958536#333
1957574#318
1956647#290
1955631#285
1954587#294
1953574#293
1952591#287
1951513#307
1950434#326
1949388#342
1948416#328
1947456#320
1946386#329
1945348#318
1944348#323
1943424#298
1942386#312
1941335#320
1940271#347
1939286#325
1938290#326
1937250#342
1936274#329
1935227#359
1934213#371
1933215#370
1932243#355
1931216#381
1930259#354
1929241#369
1928232#388
1927278#351
1926267#356
1925282#349
1924293#339
1923302#335
1922283#352
1921293#344
1920270#364
1919252#364
1918264#358
1917266#336
1916225#361
1915220#361
1914170#362
1913149#335
1912130#330
191164#340
191053#345
190940#378
190837#383
190733#388
190626#431
190531#370
190441#306
190332#340
190228#373
190131#318
190040#343
189934#300
189844#268
189722#404
189627#367
189539#282
189426#358
189327#341
189228#357
189132#291
189027#335
188919#415
188821#404
188720#366
188627#325
188522#380
188421#386
188318#412
188219#416
188127#313
188019#392

Names like Stewart

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Robert, Thomas, William, James, Joseph, Michael, Harry, Patrick, John, David, Charles, Stanley

Names related to Stewart

Stuart

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Stewart: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/stewart, updated 20 October 2026.