girls:
37 births since 2021
#5679 (1st percentile)
boys:
435 births since 1890
#4151 (9th percentile)
overall:
472 births since 1890
#7267 (6th percentile)
The name Hartford is the #7,267 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 472 recorded births since 1890. This represents the 6.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,151 (9.4% percentile) for all time with 435 births since 1890. For girls, it ranks #5,679 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 37 births since 2021.
Hartford first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1890 (1890 for boys and 2021 for girls). Birth data for Hartford is available in 54 out of the 134 years between 1890 and 2023 (54 years for boys and 3 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 Hartford has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 39.1% of babies named Hartford were boys.
For boys, Hartford reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #539) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1890, with 42 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Hartford ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 11.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Hartford reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #948) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Hartford is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #938 (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hartford".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Hartford. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.7% confident that Hartford is pronounced as HAHRTF-erd, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HAHRTF-ord, at 26.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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