Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Hart*

#4,098 most common boys' name of all time · #10,025 across all names · 93% male / 7% female · used 1888–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#4,098
Rank overall
#10,025 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
102 of 146
All-time
1,299
Since 2016
458
Peak year
2025 #2,395
Best rank
#1,017 1888
Girls Boys peak 66/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Hart first appears in 1888. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 9 57 66 #2,395
2024 7 43 50 #2,923
2023 8 34 42 #3,425
2022 11 51 62 #2,621
2021 7 50 57 #2,592
2020 6 38 44 #3,034
2019 6 45 51 #2,774
2018 8 26 34 #4,004
2017 6 25 31 #4,113
2016 8 13 21 #6,376
2015 5 20 25 #4,726
2014 — 13 13 #6,326
2013 — 21 21 #4,473
2012 — 18 18 #5,046
2011 — 11 11 #7,021
2010 — 19 19 #4,856
2009 — 12 12 #6,831
2008 — 17 17 #5,257
2007 — 10 10 #7,612
2006 — 11 11 #6,933
2005 — 12 12 #6,245
2004 — 10 10 #7,007
2003 — 13 13 #5,575
2002 — 5 5 #10,732
2001 — 13 13 #5,409
2000 — 15 15 #4,808
1999 — 10 10 #6,075
1998 — 10 10 #5,874
1997 — 13 13 #4,688
1996 — 10 10 #5,571
1995 — 11 11 #5,153
1994 — 14 14 #4,309
1993 — 10 10 #5,391
1992 — 12 12 #4,592
1991 — 6 6 #7,337
1990 — 7 7 #6,469
1988 — 10 10 #4,480
1987 7 7 14 #5,513
1986 — 10 10 #4,164
1985 — 13 13 #3,425
1984 — 10 10 #3,962
1983 — 12 12 #3,440
1982 — 12 12 #3,500
1981 — 9 9 #4,191
1980 — 5 5 #6,343
1979 — 7 7 #4,892
1978 — 6 6 #5,125
1976 — 5 5 #5,675
1975 — 5 5 #5,541
1973 — 7 7 #4,102
1970 — 8 8 #3,571
1968 — 6 6 #3,756
1966 — 8 8 #3,040
1965 — 10 10 #2,650
1964 — 7 7 #3,355
1963 — 6 6 #3,727
1962 — 6 6 #3,695
1961 — 6 6 #3,715
1959 — 12 12 #2,443
1958 — 5 5 #4,029
1956 — 9 9 #2,839
1955 — 6 6 #3,569
1954 — 10 10 #2,633
1953 — 5 5 #3,876
1952 — 8 8 #2,929
1951 — 5 5 #3,787
1950 — 6 6 #3,399
1949 — 6 6 #3,369
1948 — 7 7 #3,080
1947 — 5 5 #3,808
1946 — 8 8 #2,735
1944 — 7 7 #2,916
1941 — 5 5 #3,588
1940 — 5 5 #3,533
1939 — 6 6 #3,184
1938 — 13 13 #2,009
1937 — 7 7 #2,974
1936 — 9 9 #2,502
1935 — 5 5 #3,717
1934 — 5 5 #3,751
1933 — 10 10 #2,420
1932 — 10 10 #2,528
1931 — 6 6 #3,443
1930 — 10 10 #2,654
1929 — 5 5 #4,034
1928 — 9 9 #2,900
1927 — 7 7 #3,511
1926 — 7 7 #3,423
1924 — 11 11 #2,678
1923 — 12 12 #2,488
1922 — 6 6 #3,915
1921 — 7 7 #3,577
1920 — 9 9 #3,011
1919 — 11 11 #2,556
1918 — 9 9 #2,924
1917 — 9 9 #2,772
1916 — 5 5 #3,976
1914 — 5 5 #3,325
1913 — 9 9 #2,002
1912 — 9 9 #1,801
1901 — 5 5 #1,174
1888 — 6 6 #1,017