Bart
Last seen for girls in 1967 at #6,804 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to boys >99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1959 · 1,022 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 16,356since 1880
Bart over time
Rank among boys' names. Bart has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #8,310 | 9 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,904 | 11 | |
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,258 | 11 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,204 | 18 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,762 | 14 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,873 | 13 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,246 | 15 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,838 | 26 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,508 | 13 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,444 | 31 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,509 | 29 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,670 | 26 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,469 | 28 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,435 | 61 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,433 | 58 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,189 | 72 | |
| 1987 | — | #974 | 94 | |
| 1986 | — | #872 | 108 | |
| 1985 | — | #805 | 121 | |
| 1984 | — | #739 | 139 | |
| 1983 | — | #833 | 110 | |
| 1982 | — | #657 | 175 | |
| 1981 | — | #642 | 175 | |
| 1980 | — | #597 | 211 | |
| 1979 | — | #584 | 215 | |
| 1978 | — | #615 | 183 | |
| 1977 | — | #592 | 203 | |
| 1976 | — | #522 | 239 | |
| 1975 | — | #484 | 275 | |
| 1974 | — | #496 | 259 | |
| 1973 | — | #450 | 303 | |
| 1972 | — | #427 | 343 | |
| 1971 | — | #377 | 457 | |
| 1970 | — | #366 | 496 | |
| 1969 | — | #329 | 552 | |
| 1968 | — | #315 | 574 | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #323 | 535 |
| 1966 | — | #352 | 453 | |
| 1965 | — | #342 | 497 | |
| 1964 | — | #325 | 576 | |
| 1963 | — | #302 | 657 | |
| 1962 | — | #310 | 633 | |
| 1961 | — | #283 | 753 | |
| 1960 | — | #267 | 896 | |
| 1959 | — | #249 | 1,022 | |
| 1958 | — | #291 | 688 | |
| 1957 | — | #473 | 269 | |
| 1956 | — | #470 | 257 | |
| 1955 | — | #413 | 317 | |
| 1954 | — | #520 | 196 | |
| 1953 | — | #532 | 179 | |
| 1952 | — | #603 | 137 | |
| 1951 | — | #688 | 103 | |
| 1950 | — | #606 | 127 | |
| 1949 | — | #645 | 112 | |
| 1948 | — | #617 | 120 | |
| 1947 | — | #604 | 126 | |
| 1946 | — | #652 | 98 | |
| 1945 | — | #699 | 76 | |
| 1944 | — | #730 | 72 | |
| 1943 | — | #612 | 106 | |
| 1942 | — | #665 | 94 | |
| 1941 | — | #708 | 76 | |
| 1940 | — | #697 | 75 | |
| 1939 | — | #707 | 71 | |
| 1938 | — | #846 | 54 | |
| 1937 | — | #830 | 54 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,010 | 39 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,078 | 36 | |
| 1934 | — | #808 | 59 | |
| 1933 | — | #995 | 41 | |
| 1932 | — | #852 | 56 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,031 | 42 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,080 | 41 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,044 | 43 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,188 | 36 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,198 | 36 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,108 | 41 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,144 | 38 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,032 | 47 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,275 | 32 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,058 | 44 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,086 | 42 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,234 | 34 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,408 | 26 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,286 | 30 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,175 | 33 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,374 | 25 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,707 | 17 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,019 | 30 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,075 | 22 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,095 | 18 | |
| 1911 | — | #824 | 16 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | — | #666 | 13 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #902 | 9 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #674 | 11 | |
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #597 | 12 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #528 | 14 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | #604 | 10 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | #533 | 11 | |
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bart was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1898, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Bart is popular in 1937
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#327 · 1 in 6,119
- California#509 · 1 in 8,629
Best ever in a state: #40 in Wyoming, 1959.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #327 | 14 | 1 in 6,119 |
| California | #509 | 5 | 1 in 8,629 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Bart
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 398 spots in 1905 (#1,064 → #666)
- Biggest drop: 304 spots in 1882 (#533 → #837)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1959 at #249 (1,022 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1937–1987
- Highest: 1 in 2,089 boys born in 1959 were named Bart (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 37.5% of all boys named Bart (6,126) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 97 | #528 (1888) | #634 |
| 1890s | 73 | #597 (1892) | #795 |
| 1900s | 71 | #666 (1905) | #947 |
| 1910s | 228 | #824 (1911) | #1,194 |
| 1920s | 393 | #1,032 (1924) | #1,137 |
| 1930s | 493 | #707 (1939) | #924 |
| 1940s | 955 | #604 (1947) | #663 |
| 1950s | 3,295 | #249 (1959) | #485 |
| 1960s | 6,126 | #267 (1960) | #315 |
| 1970s | 2,973 | #366 (1970) | #491 |
| 1980s | 1,263 | #597 (1980) | #874 |
| 1990s | 256 | #1,435 (1990) | #3,275 |
| 2000s | 93 | #4,204 (2000) | #7,108 |
| 2010s | 35 | #8,781 (2014) | #11,146 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,239 (2023) | #12,239 |
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.
Bart in 1937
Top boys' names in 1937
More about 1937
boys
1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 19,753 of them was named Bart, which outranked 79.4% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).