Bart
Bart was last recorded in 2023, when 5 babies were given it; 16,361 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 11,900 Americans named Bart and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (73% of everyone recorded); the median is 60 years old and half are between 53 and 66.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Bart by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Bart mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Bart is “a diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew.”
/bɑɹt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Bart?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #12,467, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
1,022 babies in 1959, the peak
Bart peaked in 1959, when 1,022 boys were given it, #249 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,467 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,370 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,897 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,820 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,867 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,479 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,492 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,366 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,646 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,956 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (134)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 7 | #9,223 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,584 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,297 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,576 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,590 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,214 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,780 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,894 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,260 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,837 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,529 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,443 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,513 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,671 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,470 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 61 | #1,431 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 58 | #1,429 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 72 | #1,187 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 94 | #973 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 108 | #872 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 121 | #806 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 139 | #739 | 0.08 |
| 1983 | 110 | #833 | 0.06 |
| 1982 | 175 | #657 | 0.10 |
| 1981 | 175 | #642 | 0.10 |
| 1980 | 211 | #597 | 0.12 |
| 1979 | 215 | #584 | 0.12 |
| 1978 | 183 | #615 | 0.11 |
| 1977 | 203 | #592 | 0.12 |
| 1976 | 239 | #522 | 0.15 |
| 1975 | 275 | #484 | 0.18 |
| 1974 | 259 | #496 | 0.16 |
| 1973 | 303 | #450 | 0.19 |
| 1972 | 343 | #427 | 0.21 |
| 1971 | 457 | #377 | 0.26 |
| 1970 | 496 | #366 | 0.27 |
| 1969 | 552 | #329 | 0.31 |
| 1968 | 574 | #315 | 0.33 |
| 1967 | 535 | #323 | 0.31 |
| 1966 | 453 | #352 | 0.25 |
| 1965 | 497 | #342 | 0.27 |
| 1964 | 576 | #325 | 0.29 |
| 1963 | 657 | #302 | 0.32 |
| 1962 | 633 | #310 | 0.31 |
| 1961 | 753 | #283 | 0.35 |
| 1960 | 896 | #267 | 0.42 |
| 1959 | 1,022 | #249 | 0.48 |
| 1958 | 688 | #291 | 0.32 |
| 1957 | 269 | #472 | 0.12 |
| 1956 | 257 | #469 | 0.12 |
| 1955 | 317 | #412 | 0.15 |
| 1954 | 196 | #519 | 0.10 |
| 1953 | 179 | #531 | 0.09 |
| 1952 | 137 | #602 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 103 | #689 | 0.05 |
| 1950 | 127 | #605 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 112 | #644 | 0.06 |
| 1948 | 120 | #616 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 126 | #605 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 98 | #652 | 0.06 |
| 1945 | 76 | #699 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 72 | #730 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 106 | #612 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 94 | #665 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 76 | #708 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 75 | #697 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 71 | #708 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 54 | #846 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 54 | #830 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 39 | #1,011 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 36 | #1,079 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 59 | #809 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 41 | #997 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 56 | #853 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 42 | #1,033 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 41 | #1,080 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 43 | #1,045 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 36 | #1,191 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,205 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 41 | #1,109 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 38 | #1,146 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 47 | #1,034 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,276 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 44 | #1,058 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 42 | #1,087 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 34 | #1,236 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 26 | #1,412 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,289 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 33 | #1,178 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,379 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,710 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,023 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,079 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,097 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 16 | #827 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 11 | #984 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,163 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,106 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 8 | #934 | 0.06 |
| 1905 | 13 | #668 | 0.10 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,074 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 7 | #916 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 8 | #868 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 6 | #960 | 0.06 |
| 1900 | 9 | #909 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 6 | #941 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 6 | #946 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 11 | #675 | 0.09 |
| 1895 | 10 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 8 | #791 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 7 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1892 | 12 | #601 | 0.10 |
| 1891 | 5 | #981 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 8 | #744 | 0.07 |
| 1889 | 11 | #586 | 0.10 |
| 1888 | 14 | #530 | 0.12 |
| 1887 | 9 | #635 | 0.09 |
| 1886 | 7 | #769 | 0.06 |
| 1885 | 10 | #609 | 0.09 |
| 1884 | 11 | #573 | 0.10 |
| 1883 | 11 | #558 | 0.11 |
| 1882 | 6 | #849 | 0.05 |
| 1881 | 11 | #535 | 0.11 |
| 1880 | 7 | #750 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Bart a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Bart has been given almost only to boys: 5 girls in 134 years of records.
Girls and boys named Bart: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Bart, and how old are they?
11,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 73% of the 16,361 Americans ever recorded as Bart. The median Bart alive today is 60 years old; half are between 53 and 66.
The 2020 Census counted 13,955 people named Bart (23 women and girls, 13,932 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 12,860 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 248 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 5,240 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 5,050 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,190 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 142 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 30 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Bart born?
The states with the most babies named Bart are California, New York and Texas, with 26% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,271 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| New York | 1,146 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 875 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 851 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 784 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Utah | 646 | not ranked | 5.2× |
| Indiana | 605 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 568 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Wisconsin | 429 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 428 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Bart is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Bart is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 5.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Bart with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 18,221 babies since 1880, Bart is the most given (90% of them). In 2025 none of their 30 babies recorded by SSA was a Bart (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Bart
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Bart and names like it
- Compare Bart and BarretBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sBart peaked in 1959.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Bart since 1910.
- The top names of 1959The year the most babies were named Bart.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Bart alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with BMost given first.