Steward
Steward is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 777th, in 1899.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192037 births
- Best rank
- #777in 1899
- Since 1882
- 1,229people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,229 boys have been named Steward in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 37 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 37 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1946, and the 1920s alone account for 18%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Steward | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | |
| 1890s | 16 | |
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 126 | |
| 1920s | 217 | |
| 1930s | 133 | |
| 1940s | 160 | |
| 1950s | 160 | |
| 1960s | 125 | |
| 1970s | 105 | |
| 1980s | 108 | |
| 1990s | 50 | |
| 2000s | 7 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Steward was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Steward
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gilfordpeak 1922
- Loringpeak 1922
- Winfredpeak 1922
- Fredericpeak 1947
- Myronpeak 1930
- Frederickpeak 1951
- Boydpeak 1922
- Alvinpeak 1927
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.