Hart
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HART
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,390 for boys
Hart is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “stag, male deer”. In 2025 it ranked 2,390th for boys in the US (57 babies).
What does Hart mean?
English: surname from the word hart
“stag, male deer”
From a medieval nickname surname; a hart is an adult male red deer.
Is Hart a girl's or a boy's name?
Hart is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 57 boys in the US.
How popular is Hart in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 5 boys.
Hart in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
How popular is Hart in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,390among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 57about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 57 boys in the US were named Hart, making it the 2,390th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,024th. It first appears in the records in 1888. 9 girls were also named Hart in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Hart of any year since it first appeared, in 1888.
Half of all the boys named Hart in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 14% of the babies named Hart in the US were girls.
Hart in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #2,390 |
| 2024 | 43 | #2,915 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 51 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 50 | #2,587 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,024 |
| 2019 | 45 | #2,765 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
Names like Hart
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hart: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hart, updated 20 October 2026.