Hart

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #2,390 for boys in 2025, 57 births
Given to boys 93.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1888 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,211
since 1888

Hart over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #8,778, 1987peak #917, 1888girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,1079#2,39057
2024#12,1617#2,91543
2023#11,1698#3,41634
2022#9,05611#2,61651
2021#12,2067#2,58850
2020#13,4536#3,02538
2019#13,7996#2,76645
2018#11,4278#3,99326
2017#14,1246#4,10525
2016#11,7818#6,34913
2015#16,4195#4,71120
2014#6,30713
2013#4,46321
2012#5,03518
2011#7,00911
2010#4,84819
2009#6,80212
2008#5,24917
2007#7,59010
2006#6,90411
2005#6,22612
2004#6,97610
2003#5,55813
2002#10,6675
2001#5,39013
2000#4,78515
1999#6,04210
1998#5,84010
1997#4,66813
1996#5,53510
1995#5,12411
1994#4,29014
1993#5,36010
1992#4,56412
1991#7,2716
1990#6,4157
1989
1988#4,45010
1987#8,7787#5,4597
1986#4,13010
1985#3,40113
1984#3,92510
1983#3,41112
1982#3,48212
1981#4,1539
1980#6,2505
1979#4,8427
1978#5,0596
1977
1976#5,5875
1975#5,4645
1974
1973#4,0547
1972
1971
1970#3,5218
1969
1968#3,6736
1967
1966#2,9868
1965#2,61710
1964#3,2827
1963#3,6466
1962#3,6406
1961#3,6526
1960
1959#2,41412
1958#3,9445
1957
1956#2,7989
1955#3,5056
1954#2,59210
1953#3,7985
1952#2,8758
1951#3,7145
1950#3,3296
1949#3,2986
1948#3,0107
1947#3,7335
1946#2,6908
1945
1944#2,8627
1943
1942
1941#3,5055
1940#3,4595
1939#3,1136
1938#1,97613
1937#2,9057
1936#2,4529
1935#3,6455
1934#3,6795
1933#2,36810
1932#2,46510
1931#3,3906
1930#2,60910
1929#3,9595
1928#2,8439
1927#3,4517
1926#3,3857
1925
1924#2,64111
1923#2,44612
1922#3,8726
1921#3,5177
1920#2,9679
1919#2,51111
1918#2,8829
1917#2,7329
1916#3,8975
1915
1914#3,2645
1913#1,9459
1912#1,7469
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901#1,0585
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
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1888#9176
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Hart! It came in at #917, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Hart
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 525 spots since 2024 (#2,915#2,390)
  • 635 spots since 2020 (#3,025#2,390)
  • 2,321 spots since 2015 (#4,711#2,390)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1888 at #917 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1888
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,142
  • Highest: 1 in 20,142 boys born in 1888 were named Hart (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 29,966 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 22.5% of all boys named Hart (273) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1988
  • Mostly girls until 1987, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#917 (1888)#917
1890s0
1900s5#1,058 (1901)#1,058
1910s57#1,746 (1912)#2,711
1920s73#2,446 (1923)#3,231
1930s81#1,976 (1938)#2,860
1940s43#2,690 (1946)#3,222
1950s66#2,414 (1959)#3,219
1960s49#2,617 (1965)#3,357
1970s38#3,521 (1970)#4,755
1980s88#3,401 (1985)#4,296
1990s103#4,290 (1994)#5,511
2000s118#4,785 (2000)#6,615
2010s211#2,766 (2019)#4,959
2020s273#2,390 (2025)#2,825

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Hart in 1888

boys
#917
6 births · 1 in 20,142 boys

Top boys' names in 1888

  1. #1John9,247
  2. #2William8,705
  3. #3James5,562
  4. #4George4,912
  5. #5Charles4,591
  6. #6Frank3,459
  7. #7Joseph2,993
  8. #8Robert2,814
  9. #9Harry2,759
  10. #10Henry2,596
  11. #917Hart6
More about 1888

boys

120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 20,142 of them was named Hart, which outranked 22.1% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hart
  1. #815Volney7
  2. #815Willian7
  3. #815Zollie7
  4. #917Hart6
  5. #917Abbott6
  6. #917Alan6
  7. #917Alden6
  8. #1,031Ad5
  9. #1,031Ada5
  10. #1,031Addie5

Tied with 113 names at #917; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. 416Dell#921#505
  2. 416Reed#921#505
  3. 377Simeon#819#442
  4. 375Hardy#752#377
  5. 367Hazel#921#554
Fallers
  1. 487Connie#544#1,031
  2. 448Alice#583#1,031
  3. 448Shelton#583#1,031
  4. 401Bruno#516#917
  5. 401Young#516#917

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1888