Hart

Where Hart comes from

Hart hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1888
    Debut at its peak, #917
    #917 among boys with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1889
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1899
    Hart Crane born
    American writer
  4. 1956
    Hart Bochner born
    Canadian actor
  5. 1988
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Hart Crane · American writer, 1899–1932
  • Hart Bochner · Canadian actor, born 1956
  • Hart Hanson · American television producer and writer, born 1957
  • Hart Pease Danks · American songwriter, 1834–1903
  • Hart Benton Holton · American politician, 1835–1907

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.