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Stu

Boys' name

Diminutive of Stuart

Stu has been given to 55 babies in the U.S. since 1958. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1962, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Stu, 1964

1 in 648,000

Stu over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Stu: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Stuart

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Stu means

Stu is a diminutive of Stuart.

Origin, language, and formation

Stu is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Stuart.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Stu is pronounced /stu/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 55 boys were recorded with the name Stu between 1958 and 1964. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1962; its best national rank was #2,351 in 1962.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Stu?

Stu had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1964, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1964
1 in 648,000
6 of 3,887,460 births
Among boys only
1 in 332,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1964
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
449,098 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Stu sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1964 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 449,098 children born in 1964 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Stu. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Stus were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Stu was born before 1961 — so the typical Stu is around 64 today.

Median birth year
1961
About 64 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
70.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
55
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1960s — 70.9% of all recorded uses (39).

Is Stu rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1962 (13)
Years since peak
63
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
54.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,351
1962

Stu by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#2,351
1962
Peak year
1962
13 that year
First recorded
1958
Last recorded
1964
All-time count
55
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Stu

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Stu

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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