Given name & surname
Heart
“one who is romantic”
Heart is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “one who is romantic.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who is romantic.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Heart through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 84
- 0 boys · 84 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,762 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +62%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,762 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,283 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.
Heart’s family of names
Heart has a related form in Hart. Heart has a related form in Harte. Heart has a related form in Hearte.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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