girls:
72 births since 1987
#5644 (1st percentile)
boys:
1.1k births since 1888
#3491 (24th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1888
#6557 (15th percentile)
The name Hart is the #6,557 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,183 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 15.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,491 (23.8% percentile) for all time with 1,111 births since 1888. For girls, it ranks #5,644 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 72 births since 1987.
Hart first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for boys and 1987 for girls). Birth data for Hart is available in 100 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023 (100 years for boys and 10 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Hart has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.9% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 81.0% of babies named Hart were boys.
For boys, Hart reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 5.0% percentile (ranked #878) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 1888, with 46 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2006, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Hart ranks #882 for boys (3.2% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 40.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Hart reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #952) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Hart ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 74.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hart".
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