Stuart

maleStatistical record

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

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

Stuart: Recorded every year since 1952, it reached #31 in 1967, and it stood at #478 in 2024.

6registrars recorded it
171times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#31highest recorded position
31groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Stuart's record

Ranked every year since 1952, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 38 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#111
1997	#125
1998	#156
1999	#183
2000	#204
2001	#218
2002	#264
2003	#278
2004	#298
2005	#335
2006	#407
2007	#476
2008	#626
2009	#558
2010	#668
2011	#743
2012	#852
2013	#1183
2014	#916
2015	#996
2016	#1234
2017	#1470
2018	#1533
2019	#1439
2020	#2404
2021	#2493
2022	#2529
2023	#2007
2024	#2443

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 51 of the 59 years from 1964 to 2022.

In 2024: #478 among boys in Scotland, #2443 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #76 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1952–1989
Highest recorded position: #31 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1967 (recorded 1952–1989).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Stuart appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 51 ranked years and 1,589 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1952.

Stuart 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.

Stuart'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	#164 (1964)	#79 (1978)	#572 (2022)	51 of 59	1,589 (1964–2022)	87 (1978)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#76 (1952)	#31 (1967)	#97 (1989)	38 of 38	6,628 (1952–1989)	331 (1971)
New Zealand · Boys	#48 (1954)	#34 (1964)	#96 (1987)	34 of 34	4,662 (1954–1987)	212 (1962)
England and Wales · Boys	#111 (1996)	#111 (1996)	#2443 (2024)	29 of 29	2,416 (1996–2024)	405 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#64 (1997)	#64 (1997)	#314 (2015)	18 of 19	294 (1997–2015)	47 (1997)

Stuart 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 Stuart in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	80	6 of 10	13
1970sbusiest	613	10 of 10	61
1980s	463	10 of 10	46
1990s	327	10 of 10	33
2000s	81	10 of 10	8
2010s	20	4 of 10	5
2020s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 61 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1971 and 1972, when recorded births rose by 26, from 27 to 53.

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

Stuart 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 6 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #31 in New South Wales, Australia in 1969.

Stuart'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1439	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1234	22	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#996	29	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#916	32	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1183	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#852	36	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#743	42	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#668	47	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#558	60	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#626	50	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#476	69	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#407	82	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#335	95	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#298	100	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#278	108	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#264	107	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#218	140	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#204	158	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#183	180	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#156	223	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#125	316	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#111	405	High	Verified
1989	New South Wales, Australia	male	#97	78	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	male	#85	98	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	male	#79	106	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	male	#76	97	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	115	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	male	#60	142	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	male	#63	127	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	male	#61	139	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	male	#69	129	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	male	#63	132	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	male	#61	141	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	171	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	male	#52	174	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	male	#46	187	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	male	#43	197	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	male	#45	223	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	male	#39	236	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	male	#35	291	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	male	#32	331	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	male	#32	307	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#31	326	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	male	#31	297	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	male	#31	274	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	male	#37	234	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#37	232	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	male	#44	225	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	male	#46	230	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	male	#52	210	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	male	#55	184	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#53	180	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	male	#56	159	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#72	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	121	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	106	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	male	#84	73	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	male	#79	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	male	#78	83	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	male	#76	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New Zealand	male	#96	53	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	male	#92	56	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	male	#71	67	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	male	#89	55	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	male	#55	94	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	male	#55	91	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	male	#74	66	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	male	#85	58	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	male	#61	90	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	male	#70	81	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	male	#65	92	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	male	#64	96	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	male	#46	141	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	male	#45	149	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	male	#47	153	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	male	#47	139	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	male	#36	194	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	male	#42	165	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	male	#51	143	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	male	#43	169	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	male	#38	186	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	male	#38	177	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	male	#34	208	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	male	#34	209	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	male	#48	177	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	male	#38	212	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	male	#49	168	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	male	#49	169	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	male	#45	183	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	male	#42	173	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	male	#42	176	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	male	#39	175	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	male	#47	145	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	male	#48	152	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#314	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#267	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#247	7	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#217	9	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#189	11	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#207	8	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#149	14	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#149	14	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#119	19	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#103	23	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#106	22	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#86	32	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#92	29	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#83	37	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#64	47	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#455	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#444	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	11	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	10	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	12	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	10	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#236	8	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#157	18	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#158	20	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#140	29	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#118	41	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#123	36	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	32	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#108	50	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#108	46	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#106	48	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#105	45	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#133	30	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#119	39	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#108	46	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#103	52	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#112	46	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#116	45	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#96	62	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#118	42	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#104	56	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#86	81	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#79	87	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#98	68	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#83	84	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#88	79	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#102	54	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#111	46	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#103	53	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#133	27	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#110	34	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#139	19	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#134	19	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#164	11	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#171	9	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#144	13	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#164	9	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#478	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
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 73 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #31, first reached in 1967.

It held a top-100 place in 42 years, 38 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 405 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 72 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.

Storm · #50, 30y
Struan · #144, 21y
Sture · #205, 36y
Sturla · #211, 66y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Allan · #31, 78y
Owen · #31, 70y
Kathryn · #30, 73y
Bernard · #33, 74y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

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

Debbie · #31, 66y
Henriette · #31, 71y
Janine · #31, 59y
Maureen · #31, 70y

Stuart was ranked #31 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1967. 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.

Stuart 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 Stuart without appearing here.

Stuart moved ahead of

Ashley Compare
In 2004 they stood at #337 and #337 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #302 and #518.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #2160.
Dean Compare
In 2014 they stood at #346 and #228 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #314 and #415.
Alfred Compare
In 2021 they stood at #715 and #347 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #572 and #657.

Moved ahead of Stuart

Gerard Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1439 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2404 and #1230.
Conan Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1439 and #1506 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2404 and #1379.
Leif Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1439 and #2104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2404 and #1548.
Derek Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1439 and #1655 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2404 and #1635.

Moved the opposite way to Stuart

Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stuart went from #164 to #572 while Conor went from #56 to #13.
Liam Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stuart went from #164 to #572 while Liam went from #54 to #8.
Leon Compare
Between 1968 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stuart went from #134 to #572 while Leon went from #207 to #59.
Dylan Compare
Between 1969 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stuart went from #139 to #572 while Dylan went from #246 to #33.

Moved the same way as Stuart

Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stuart went from #164 to #572 and Alfred from #134 to #657.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stuart went from #164 to #572 and Denis from #21 to #178.
Edward Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stuart went from #164 to #572 and Edward from #18 to #112.
Frank Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stuart went from #164 to #572 and Frank from #164 to #306.

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 6 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #31 in New South Wales, Australia in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Stuart

Stuart at a glance

What stands out in Stuart's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Stuart across 5 official records

Stuart by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Stuart 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 Stuart

Stuart and the names beside it

Stuart moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Stuart

Moved the opposite way to Stuart

Moved the same way as Stuart

Stuart at a glance

What stands out in Stuart's record

Stuart across 5 official records

Stuart by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Stuart 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 Stuart

Stuart and the names beside it

Stuart moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Stuart

Moved the opposite way to Stuart

Moved the same way as Stuart