Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Steward

#4,237 most common boys' name of all time · #10,372 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1882–2002

Rank among boys
#4,237
Rank overall
#10,372 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
93 of 146
All-time
1,229
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #1,190
Best rank
#765 1899
📖The word “steward” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 37/yr
190019201940196019802000

Steward first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2002 — 7 7 #8,492
1998 — 5 5 #9,662
1997 — 6 6 #8,148
1995 — 10 10 #5,524
1994 — 6 6 #7,804
1993 — 6 6 #7,678
1992 — 5 5 #8,473
1990 — 12 12 #4,420
1989 — 14 14 #3,824
1988 — 10 10 #4,471
1987 — 16 16 #3,089
1986 — 10 10 #4,156
1985 — 12 12 #3,621
1984 — 6 6 #5,607
1983 — 12 12 #3,431
1982 — 7 7 #5,049
1981 — 7 7 #5,001
1980 — 14 14 #3,115
1979 — 16 16 #2,791
1978 — 11 11 #3,422
1977 — 10 10 #3,632
1976 — 10 10 #3,492
1975 — 8 8 #3,973
1974 — 9 9 #3,592
1973 — 11 11 #3,037
1972 — 13 13 #2,680
1971 — 9 9 #3,400
1970 — 8 8 #3,553
1969 — 12 12 #2,573
1968 — 11 11 #2,609
1967 — 5 5 #4,021
1966 — 10 10 #2,654
1965 — 12 12 #2,390
1964 — 13 13 #2,330
1963 — 12 12 #2,441
1962 — 18 18 #1,907
1961 — 16 16 #2,086
1960 — 16 16 #2,057
1959 — 15 15 #2,130
1958 — 17 17 #1,971
1957 — 14 14 #2,204
1956 — 18 18 #1,898
1955 — 22 22 #1,655
1954 — 19 19 #1,774
1953 — 18 18 #1,851
1952 — 14 14 #2,090
1951 — 10 10 #2,525
1950 — 13 13 #2,130
1949 — 21 21 #1,628
1948 — 17 17 #1,829
1947 — 19 19 #1,751
1946 — 12 12 #2,167
1945 — 19 19 #1,550
1944 — 14 14 #1,913
1943 — 16 16 #1,857
1942 — 11 11 #2,294
1941 — 18 18 #1,650
1940 — 13 13 #2,012
1939 — 9 9 #2,475
1938 — 13 13 #2,000
1937 — 16 16 #1,773
1936 — 10 10 #2,335
1935 — 12 12 #2,148
1934 — 12 12 #2,149
1933 — 13 13 #2,021
1932 — 11 11 #2,350
1931 — 17 17 #1,791
1930 — 20 20 #1,657
1929 — 9 9 #2,803
1928 — 21 21 #1,669
1927 — 24 24 #1,574
1926 — 17 17 #1,929
1925 — 26 26 #1,464
1924 — 21 21 #1,741
1923 — 16 16 #2,043
1922 — 23 23 #1,610
1921 — 23 23 #1,606
1920 — 37 37 #1,190
1919 — 23 23 #1,546
1918 — 28 28 #1,358
1917 — 17 17 #1,840
1916 — 10 10 #2,569
1915 — 14 14 #1,994
1914 — 14 14 #1,711
1913 — 8 8 #2,130
1912 — 7 7 #2,095
1910 — 5 5 #1,648
1900 — 5 5 #1,387
1899 — 9 9 #765
1892 — 7 7 #935
1889 — 6 6 #940
1888 — 5 5 #1,110
1882 — 6 6 #940