Hartford
#6,581 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Hartford has been given to 527 babies in the U.S. since 1890. In 2025 it ranked #6,581 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1924, with 20 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% boys, 13% girls all-time.
Babies named Hartford, 2025
1 in 255,000
Hartford over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Hartford over time
In 2025, Hartford went to 58% girls and 42% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Hartford?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 255,000
- 13 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 131,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #6,581
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 176,762 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Hartford sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hartford. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Hartfords were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Hartford was born before 1933 — so the typical Hartford is around 92 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 26.1% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 18.0%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 141
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 26.1% of all recorded uses (119).
Is Hartford rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +2,721
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +3,344
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.86×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 65.0%
- Peak was 1924 (20)
- Years since peak
- 101
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 19.2% average annual change
Spellings of Hartford
Hartford is not the most common spelling — Hansford is, with 56.3% against Hartford's 43.7%.
- Hansford56.3%587
- Hartford43.7%456
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Hartford by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Hartford
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Hartford
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.