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
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,211since 1888
Hart over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #10,107 | 9 | #2,390 | 57 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #2,915 | 43 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #3,416 | 34 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | #2,616 | 51 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #2,588 | 50 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #3,025 | 38 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #2,766 | 45 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #3,993 | 26 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #4,105 | 25 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #4,711 | 20 |
| 2014 | — | #6,307 | 13 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,463 | 21 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,035 | 18 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,848 | 19 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,802 | 12 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,249 | 17 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,904 | 11 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,226 | 12 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,558 | 13 | |
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,390 | 13 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,785 | 15 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,668 | 13 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,535 | 10 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,290 | 14 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,564 | 12 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | — | #4,130 | 10 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,925 | 10 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,482 | 12 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | #2,986 | 8 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,617 | 10 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,640 | 6 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | #2,798 | 9 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,592 | 10 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,329 | 6 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,976 | 13 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,905 | 7 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,465 | 10 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,609 | 10 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,385 | 7 | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | #2,641 | 11 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,446 | 12 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,511 | 11 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,882 | 9 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
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| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
Where Hart is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Colorado#756 · 1 in 4,475
- California#1,998 · 1 in 25,068
Best ever in a state: #756 in Colorado, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | #756 | 6 | 1 in 4,475 |
| California | #1,998 | 7 | 1 in 25,068 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Hart
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 635 spots since 2020 (#3,025 → #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
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #917 (1888) | #917 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,058 (1901) | #1,058 |
| 1910s | 57 | #1,746 (1912) | #2,711 |
| 1920s | 73 | #2,446 (1923) | #3,231 |
| 1930s | 81 | #1,976 (1938) | #2,860 |
| 1940s | 43 | #2,690 (1946) | #3,222 |
| 1950s | 66 | #2,414 (1959) | #3,219 |
| 1960s | 49 | #2,617 (1965) | #3,357 |
| 1970s | 38 | #3,521 (1970) | #4,755 |
| 1980s | 88 | #3,401 (1985) | #4,296 |
| 1990s | 103 | #4,290 (1994) | #5,511 |
| 2000s | 118 | #4,785 (2000) | #6,615 |
| 2010s | 211 | #2,766 (2019) | #4,959 |
| 2020s | 273 | #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.
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