Hart
Hart is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Hart Bochner, Canadian actor, screenwriter, director, and producer Hart Crane (1899–1932), American poet Hart Pease Danks (1834–1903), American musician Hart D. Fisher, American author and writer Hart Hanson, Canadian writer and producer Hart Pomerantz, 20th-century Canadian lawyer and television personality
Meaning & Origin of Hart
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hart is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Hart Bochner, Canadian actor, screenwriter, director, and producer Hart Crane (1899–1932), American poet Hart Pease Danks (1834–1903), American musician Hart D. Fisher, American author and writer Hart Hanson, Canadian writer and producer Hart Pomerantz, 20th-century Canadian lawyer and television personality
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The Story of Hart
As a girl name
American parents first put Hart on the record books as a girl name in 1987, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 11 Harts were born — ranking #9,053 that year. About 49% of every Hart on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Hart last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 79 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Hart on the record books as a boy name in 1888, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 51 Harts were born — ranking #2,614 that year. About 24% of every Hart on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Hart ranks #3,015 for boys with 41 births, gradually rising (+14%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Hart
Hart is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1888 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Hart's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #917. Use the chart and map above to compare Hart's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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