Given name & surname · also English
Dart
“from the river”·“one who is fast”
Dart is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “from the river” (English) and “one who is fast” (American). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “from the river” (English) and “one who is fast” (American). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with English and American naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dart through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 41
- 41 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1960. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 124 as a first name in 2020; 3,495 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dart’s family of names
Dart has a related form in Darrt. Dart has a related form in Darrte. Dart has a related form in Darte.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Darttlikely variant
- Darteyvariant
- Dartyvariant
- Darteavariant
- Darteevariant
- Dartievariant
- Dartivariant
- Darrtevariant
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