# Bart (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bart/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /bɑɹt/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,361 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 16,356 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 17, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 5 | 6,888 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 8 | 7,597 |
| 2002 | 10 | 6,583 |
| 2003 | 11 | 6,304 |
| 2004 | 9 | 7,590 |
| 2005 | 7 | 9,230 |
| 2006 | 11 | 6,961 |
| 2007 | 10 | 7,650 |
| 2009 | 9 | 8,371 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,499 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,486 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8,873 |
| 2015 | 6 | 10,826 |
| 2016 | 6 | 10,902 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,376 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,472 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | 2,419 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Bart

- Bart Verbruggen, Dutch association football player (born 2002)
- Bart D. Ehrman, American biblical scholar (born 1955)
- Bart Goor, Belgian association football player
- Bart McGhee, American soccer player (1899–1979)
- Bart De Clercq, cyclist
- Bart Ramselaar, Dutch association football player
- Bart van der Leck, Dutch painter, designer and ceramist (1876-1958)
- Bart Brentjens, Dutch cyclist
- Bart Johnson, American actor (born 1970)
- Bart Conner, American artistic gymnast and gymnastics coach (born 1958)
- Bart Veldkamp, Dutch speed skater
- Bart Starr, American football player, coach, executive (1934-2019)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.