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

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Peak · boys
1959 · 1,022 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
16,356
since 1880

Bart over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Bart has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #249, 1959boys
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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——
2024——
2023—#12,2395
2022——
2021——
2020——
2019—#12,1455
2018——
2017——
2016—#10,7446
2015—#10,6446
2014—#8,7818
2013——
2012—#12,2745
2011—#12,2875
2010——
2009—#8,3109
2008——
2007—#7,59010
2006—#6,90411
2005—#9,1157
2004—#7,5369
2003—#6,25811
2002—#6,52210
2001—#7,5368
2000—#4,20418
1999—#4,76214
1998—#4,87313
1997—#4,24615
1996—#2,83826
1995—#4,50813
1994—#2,44431
1993—#2,50929
1992—#2,67026
1991—#2,46928
1990—#1,43561
1989—#1,43358
1988—#1,18972
1987—#97494
1986—#872108
1985—#805121
1984—#739139
1983—#833110
1982—#657175
1981—#642175
1980—#597211
1979—#584215
1978—#615183
1977—#592203
1976—#522239
1975—#484275
1974—#496259
1973—#450303
1972—#427343
1971—#377457
1970—#366496
1969—#329552
1968—#315574
1967#6,8045#323535
1966—#352453
1965—#342497
1964—#325576
1963—#302657
1962—#310633
1961—#283753
1960—#267896
1959—#2491,022
1958—#291688
1957—#473269
1956—#470257
1955—#413317
1954—#520196
1953—#532179
1952—#603137
1951—#688103
1950—#606127
1949—#645112
1948—#617120
1947—#604126
1946—#65298
1945—#69976
1944—#73072
1943—#612106
1942—#66594
1941—#70876
1940—#69775
1939—#70771
1938—#84654
1937—#83054
1936—#1,01039
1935—#1,07836
1934—#80859
1933—#99541
1932—#85256
1931—#1,03142
1930—#1,08041
1929—#1,04443
1928—#1,18836
1927—#1,19836
1926—#1,10841
1925—#1,14438
1924—#1,03247
1923—#1,27532
1922—#1,05844
1921—#1,08642
1920—#1,23434
1919—#1,40826
1918—#1,28630
1917—#1,17533
1916—#1,37425
1915—#1,70717
1914—#1,01930
1913—#1,07522
1912—#1,09518
1911—#82416
1910—#98111
1909—#1,1557
1908——
1907—#1,0947
1906—#9278
1905—#66613
1904—#1,0646
1903—#9107
1902—#8628
1901—#9436
1900—#9029
1899—#9286
1898——
1897—#9426
1896—#67411
1895—#68510
1894—#7878
1893—#8367
1892—#59712
1891—#9635
1890—#7398
1889—#58111
1888—#52814
1887—#6319
1886—#7587
1885—#60410
1884—#57011
1883—#55611
1882—#8376
1881—#53311
1880—#7457
First appearance
1880

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 1980

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedMNIllinois: #530 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 6,647 boysILWisconsin: #430 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,051 boysWIMichigan: #474 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 7,482 boysMINew York: #903 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 16,077 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedSDIowa: #281 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,764 boysIAIndiana: #253 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,609 boysINOhio: #432 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 6,798 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #968 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 19,227 boysCAUtah: #195 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,486 boysUTColorado: #362 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,800 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedMOKentucky: #353 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,685 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedNMKansas: #300 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,985 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedARTennessee: #394 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,789 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #354 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,824 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedMSAlabama: #301 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,495 boysALGeorgia: #420 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,118 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedHITexas: #838 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 13,344 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Bart, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#195 · 1 in 1,486
  2. Indiana#253 · 1 in 2,609
  3. Iowa#281 · 1 in 3,764
  4. Kansas#300 · 1 in 2,985
  5. Alabama#301 · 1 in 2,495

Best ever in a state: #40 in Wyoming, 1959.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#195131 in 1,486
Indiana#253161 in 2,609
Iowa#28161 in 3,764
Kansas#30061 in 2,985
Alabama#301111 in 2,495
Kentucky#35361 in 4,685
Oklahoma#35461 in 3,824
Colorado#36261 in 3,800
Tennessee#39471 in 4,789
Georgia#420101 in 4,118
Wisconsin#43051 in 7,051
Ohio#432121 in 6,798
Michigan#47491 in 7,482
Illinois#530131 in 6,647
Texas#838101 in 13,344
New York#90371 in 16,077
California#968101 in 19,227
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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
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 398 spots in 1905 (#1,064 → #666)
  • Biggest drop: 304 spots in 1882 (#533 → #837)
Rise & fade · boys
79 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1959 at #249 (1,022 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 81 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1937–1987
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,089
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 37.5% of all boys named Bart (6,126) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s97#528 (1888)#634
1890s73#597 (1892)#795
1900s71#666 (1905)#947
1910s228#824 (1911)#1,194
1920s393#1,032 (1924)#1,137
1930s493#707 (1939)#924
1940s955#604 (1947)#663
1950s3,295#249 (1959)#485
1960s6,126#267 (1960)#315
1970s2,973#366 (1970)#491
1980s1,263#597 (1980)#874
1990s256#1,435 (1990)#3,275
2000s93#4,204 (2000)#7,108
2010s35#8,781 (2014)#11,146
2020s5#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 1980

boys
#597
211 births · 1 in 8,455 boys

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #597Bart211
More about 1980

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 8,455 of them was named Bart, which outranked 91.8% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bart
  1. #589Solomon214
  2. #595Conrad212
  3. #595Reid212
  4. #597Bart211
  5. #597Hans211
  6. #597Jennifer211
  7. #597Rigoberto211
  8. #601Leland209
  9. #602Bennie208
  10. #602Brendon208

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 381Gideon#1,370 → #989
  2. ↑ 296Bo#864 → #568
  3. ↑ 270Anson#1,137 → #867
  4. ↑ 266Dustan#1,255 → #989
  5. ↑ 255Dusty#614 → #359
Fallers
  1. ↓ 366Harris#991 → #1,357
  2. ↓ 362Tracey#842 → #1,204
  3. ↓ 331Jevon#780 → #1,111
  4. ↓ 321Kennith#937 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 267Levar#644 → #911

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

See the top 100 for 1980 →