Stewart

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Stewart: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Stewart: Recorded since 1954, its highest recorded position is #84, and it stood at #4,991 in 2023.

5registrars recorded it
85times a registrar ranked it
70years from first to last
#84highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#358
1997	#395
1998	#511
1999	#553
2000	#554
2001	#602
2002	#907
2003	#1053
2004	#1347
2005	#1377
2006	#1168
2007	#1201
2008	#1403
2009	#2126
2010	#1620
2011	#2390
2012	#1962
2013	#2403
2014	#2964
2015	#2020
2016	#4023
2017	#2512
2018	#3412
2019	#3937
2020	#3334
2021	#3990
2022	#4001
2023	#4991

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 35 of the 39 years from 1964 to 2002.

In 2006: #207 among boys in Northern Ireland, #1168 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1954–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1954
First recorded at #99 among boys in New Zealand in 1954 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Boys
Highest recorded1954–1964
Highest recorded position: #84 among boys in New Zealand, in 1955 (recorded 1954–1964).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4991 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Stewart appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 35 ranked years and 344 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Boys, from 1954.

Stewart across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Stewart's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#191 (1964)	#154 (1966)	#393 (2002)	35 of 39	344 (1964–2002)	19 (1977)
England and Wales · Boys	#358 (1996)	#358 (1996)	#4991 (2023)	28 of 28	478 (1996–2023)	64 (1996)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#96 (1960)	#87 (1967)	#97 (1974)	5 of 15	339 (1960–1974)	75 (1974)
New Zealand · Boys	#99 (1954)	#84 (1955)	#98 (1964)	9 of 11	499 (1954–1964)	62 (1959)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#136 (1997)	#125 (1998)	#207 (2006)	8 of 10	80 (1997–2006)	16 (1998)

Stewart by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Stewart in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	37	6 of 10	6
1970sbusiest	141	10 of 10	14
1980s	113	10 of 10	11
1990s	49	8 of 10	6
2000s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Stewart appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1954 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #84 in New Zealand in 1955.

Stewart's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1403	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1201	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1168	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1377	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1347	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1053	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#907	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#602	31	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#554	34	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#553	34	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#511	38	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#395	57	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#358	64	High	Verified
1974	New South Wales, Australia	male	#97	75	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	male	#87	73	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#92	65	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	63	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	63	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New Zealand	male	#98	58	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	male	#100	56	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	male	#98	59	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	male	#94	62	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	male	#99	55	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	male	#100	50	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	male	#91	54	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	male	#84	58	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	male	#99	47	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#207	8	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#180	9	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#175	8	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#192	7	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#189	7	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#152	11	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#125	16	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#136	14	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	6	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#301	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	6	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	12	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	7	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	7	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	8	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#172	14	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	11	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	13	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#166	17	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	16	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	16	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#172	16	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#166	17	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	19	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	17	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	18	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#190	13	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#182	14	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	8	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	8	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	11	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	7	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#154	11	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	4	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1954 and 2023, ranked in 69 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #84, first reached in 1955.

It held a top-100 place in 13 years, 7 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 75 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1974.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1960, and 43 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Stian · #2, 71y
Stig · #14, 69y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lynn · #83, 66y
Gloria · #86, 65y
Kelvin · #78, 66y
Lawrence · #77, 67y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Lynn · #83, 66y
Maiken · #85, 62y
Mervyn · #85, 37y
Reginald · #85, 48y

Stewart was ranked #84 in New Zealand · Boys in 1955. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Stewart and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Stewart without appearing here.

Stewart moved ahead of

Roger Compare
In 1996 they stood at #301 and #261 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1997 that had become #286 and #382.
Ronald Compare
In 1985 they stood at #269 and #177 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1986 that had become #172 and #256.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2001 they stood at #280 and #280 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2002 that had become #393 and #451.
Colin Compare
In 2002 they stood at #175 and #149 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #180 and #229.

Moved ahead of Stewart

Jade Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3990 and #4789 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #2813.
Fredrik Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2020 and #2483 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4023 and #2027.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Roger Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2512 and #2734 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #1610.

Moved the opposite way to Stewart

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2002 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stewart went from #191 to #393 while Alexander went from #116 to #56.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2002 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stewart went from #191 to #393 while Benjamin went from #139 to #53.
Ciaran Compare
Between 1964 and 2002 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stewart went from #191 to #393 while Ciaran went from #49 to #28.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2002 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stewart went from #191 to #393 while Conor went from #56 to #4.

Moved the same way as Stewart

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2002 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stewart went from #191 to #393 and Adrian from #65 to #146.
Arthur Compare
Between 1964 and 2002 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stewart went from #191 to #393 and Arthur from #98 to #292.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2002 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stewart went from #191 to #393 and Denis from #21 to #95.
Edward Compare
Between 1964 and 2002 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stewart went from #191 to #393 and Edward from #18 to #89.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1954 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #84 in New Zealand in 1955. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Stewart

Stewart at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Stewart across 5 official records

Stewart by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Stewart appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Stewart

Stewart and the names beside it

Stewart moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Stewart

Moved the opposite way to Stewart

Moved the same way as Stewart

Stewart at a glance

Stewart across 5 official records

Stewart by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Stewart appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Stewart

Stewart and the names beside it

Stewart moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Stewart

Moved the opposite way to Stewart

Moved the same way as Stewart