Stuart
- Pronunciation
- [Stu-art]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Steward
- Origin
- Anglo
About the Name Stuart
Stuart is an Anglo and Scottish name meaning "steward," originating from the office of the royal household steward and famously taken up as the surname of the Stuart dynasty that ruled Scotland and later England. Carried from surname into first name, it brings with it an air of dignified history, loyal service, and old-world Scottish heritage — a name that sounds at once stately and reassuringly down-to-earth.
As a given name it held only a brief place on the American charts at the turn of the millennium. Stuart first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 at its peak of #669 and remained for just a few years, leaving the rankings after 2003, where it stood at #966 following ranks of #871 and #726 in the years just before — a short window befitting a classic that has long been more steadily admired and quietly used than widely chosen in any single year.
Pronounced Stu-art, the name pairs a solid two-syllable sound with the easy, familiar nickname Stu. Its recorded variant is Stew, that same warm short form rendered as a name in its own right, while the spelling Stewart preserves the alternate surname version of this stately Scottish name. For parents who want a traditional, unpretentious name with genuine heritage and a grounded, trustworthy feel, Stuart offers timeless appeal without a hint of fuss.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Stuart
US Popularity History (2000–2003)
Annual US births named Stuart by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 268 boys named Stuart (boy rank #669 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2003, ranked #966 for boys (169 US births). That's 297 places below its 2000 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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