Hartman
Hartman is a name that occurs as a surname and a given name.
Meaning & Origin of Hartman
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hartman is a name that occurs as a surname and a given name.
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The Story of Hartman
Hartman first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1916, with 10 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1916: 10 births, good for #2,543 nationwide. About 28% of every Hartman on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Hartman last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 100 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Hartman
Hartman is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 100 births in the dataset. Hartman's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #2,543. Use the chart and map above to compare Hartman'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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