Meaning and history
Stuart is a Scottish occupational surname that originally referred to a steward and comes from Old English stig, meaning “house,” and weard, meaning “guard.” As a given name, it became popular in 19th-century Scotland in honor of the Stuart royal family, which produced several kings and queens of Scotland and Britain between the 14th and 18th centuries.
20062006: 160 births, rank #1,097
2007: 132 births, rank #1,306
2008: 113 births, rank #1,452
2009: 114 births, rank #1,459
2010: 90 births, rank #1,697
20112011: 97 births, rank #1,587
2012: 87 births, rank #1,729
2013: 84 births, rank #1,733
2014: 83 births, rank #1,794
2015: 84 births, rank #1,790
20162016: 62 births, rank #2,184
2017: 73 births, rank #1,958
2018: 68 births, rank #2,083
2019: 62 births, rank #2,228
2020: 59 births, rank #2,292
20212021: 51 births, rank #2,552
2022: 60 births, rank #2,355
2023: 50 births, rank #2,614
2024: 37 births, rank #3,216
20252025: 53 births, rank #2,516
Stuart moved from #871 to #966 for boys between 2002 and 2003. Its highest annual birth count came in 1960, with 2,074 births.