Steward

Last seen for boys in 2002 at #8,456

Peak · boys
1899 · 9 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,229
since 1882

Steward over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Steward has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201941peak #714, 1899boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2002#8,4567
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1998#9,6315
1997#8,1106
1996—
1995#5,50110
1994#7,7706
1993#7,6386
1992#8,4355
1991—
1990#4,40712
1989#3,80914
1988#4,45010
1987#3,07216
1986#4,13010
1985#3,59912
1984#5,5616
1983#3,41112
1982#5,0037
1981#4,9617
1980#3,09814
1979#2,77716
1978#3,40011
1977#3,60610
1976#3,47110
1975#3,9418
1974#3,5589
1973#3,01311
1972#2,65913
1971#3,3709
1970#3,5218
1969#2,54912
1968#2,57611
1967#3,9665
1966#2,62710
1965#2,36612
1964#2,31013
1963#2,41412
1962#1,89618
1961#2,07016
1960#2,04216
1959#2,11115
1958#1,95317
1957#2,19014
1956#1,88618
1955#1,64622
1954#1,76219
1953#1,83618
1952#2,07314
1951#2,49510
1950#2,11113
1949#1,61621
1948#1,81717
1947#1,73319
1946#2,14312
1945#1,53619
1944#1,89014
1943#1,83316
1942#2,26811
1941#1,63318
1940#1,98313
1939#2,4499
1938#1,97613
1937#1,75616
1936#2,30110
1935#2,12712
1934#2,12112
1933#1,99713
1932#2,31311
1931#1,77017
1930#1,64420
1929#2,7669
1928#1,64721
1927#1,56124
1926#1,91117
1925#1,45126
1924#1,72721
1923#2,02016
1922#1,59123
1921#1,58823
1920#1,18037
1919#1,53123
1918#1,34328
1917#1,81517
1916#2,54310
1915#1,96814
1914#1,68714
1913#2,0928
1912#2,0457
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1910#1,5895
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1900#1,3105
1899#7149
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1892#8617
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1889#8786
1888#1,0315
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1882#8376
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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Steward! It came in at #837, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1888, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Steward is popular in 1941

No state had 5 or more boys named Steward in 1941, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Steward
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
  • Biggest jump: 153 spots in 1889 (#1,031 → #878)
  • Biggest drop: 596 spots in 1900 (#714 → #1,310)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1899 at #714 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1882–1899
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,801
  • Highest: 1 in 11,801 boys born in 1899 were named Steward (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 277,359 boys born in 2002 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 17.7% of all boys named Steward (217) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s17#837 (1882)#915
1890s16#714 (1899)#788
1900s5#1,310 (1900)#1,310
1910s126#1,343 (1918)#1,846
1920s217#1,180 (1920)#1,744
1930s133#1,644 (1930)#2,045
1940s160#1,536 (1945)#1,845
1950s160#1,646 (1955)#2,006
1960s125#1,896 (1962)#2,482
1970s105#2,659 (1972)#3,332
1980s108#3,072 (1987)#4,109
1990s50#4,407 (1990)#7,356
2000s7#8,456 (2002)#8,456

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Steward in 1941

boys
#1,633
18 births · 1 in 68,240 boys

Top boys' names in 1941

  1. #1James66,751
  2. #2Robert64,247
  3. #3John57,520
  4. #4William47,798
  5. #5Richard39,112
  6. #6Charles32,742
  7. #7David30,553
  8. #8Thomas26,641
  9. #9Ronald24,407
  10. #10Donald22,641
  11. #1,633Steward18
More about 1941

boys

1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 68,240 of them was named Steward, which outranked 59.2% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Steward
  1. #1,588Sarah19
  2. #1,588Shelley19
  3. #1,588Willaim19
  4. #1,633Steward18
  5. #1,633Aldo18
  6. #1,633Armin18
  7. #1,633Arvis18
  8. #1,685Abelardo17
  9. #1,685Adelbert17
  10. #1,685Alferd17

Tied with 51 names at #1,633; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 586Gay#1,573 → #987
  2. ↑ 375Issac#1,251 → #876
  3. ↑ 363Otho#1,334 → #971
  4. ↑ 338Lawrance#1,208 → #870
  5. ↑ 313Ford#1,251 → #938
Fallers
  1. ↓ 508Wilkie#792 → #1,300
  2. ↓ 452Arlis#994 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 394Ruby#939 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 359Gonzalo#850 → #1,209
  5. ↓ 325Lenord#929 → #1,254

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1941 →