Bart

Where Bart comes from

The dictionaries list Bart as a given name — a diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #745 among boys — 7 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1959
    Peak, #249
    1,022 babies named Bart — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #342.
  4. 1970
    Bart De Wever born
    Prime Minister at Government of Belgium
  5. 2002
    Bart Verbruggen born
    Dutch association football player
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew.
Namesakes
  • Bart De Wever · Prime Minister at Government of Belgium, born 1970
  • Bart Verbruggen · Dutch association football player, born 2002
  • Bart D. Ehrman · American biblical scholar, born 1955
  • Bart Goor · Belgian association football player, born 1973
  • Bart Swings · long track speed skater, born 1991

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.