Hartford
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- HART-ferd
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Hartford is a name of English origin, meaning “stag's ford”. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Hartford mean?
English: English place name, from heorot 'stag' + ford
“stag's ford”
Hartford, the capital of Connecticut, was named after Hertford in England.
Is Hartford a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Hartford has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls and 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Hartford in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Hartford, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. It first appears in the records in 2021. 13 boys were also named Hartford in 2025 (6,442nd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Hartford in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hartford in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
Names like Hartford
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hallie, Hazel, Daisy, Olive, Hattie, Evie, Lucy, Goldie, Millie, Josie, Nellie, Mabel
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Carter, Harrison
Sources
Figures from 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, “Hartford: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hartford, updated 20 October 2026.