Fun Facts About the Name Hartwell
- 652 babies named Hartwell: U.S. records list 652 babies given the name Hartwell from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Hartwell Mean?
Hartwell is an English habitational name meaning "hart's spring" or "spring or stream frequented by harts." It comes from Old English heort (hart, a male red deer) and wella or wiella (spring, well, stream). The literal sense is a water source associated with deer. The name is used as a surname and, less often, as a given name; the given name is a transferred use of the surname.
Hartwell Name History & Origins
The name comes from English place names. Several places in England are called Hartwell, including Hartwell in Buckinghamshire, which appears in Domesday Book (1086). In the Middle Ages, English surnames often came from the place a person lived or held land, and the surname Hartwell developed from one or more of these places. It is found in England and in English-speaking countries settled by English migrants. The given name Hartwell is a later transferred use of the surname rather than a traditional personal name from the Middle Ages.
How Popular is the Name Hartwell?
Hartwell recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1917. Its best rank was #672 in 1881.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,050 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #9,279 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #11,093 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #11,259 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1967 | #3,372 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1965 | #3,374 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #4,286 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1961 | #3,490 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #4,276 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1959 | #3,125 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1956 | #4,168 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1955 | #3,066 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1954 | #3,609 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1953 | #3,583 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1952 | #3,959 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1951 | #2,938 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1950 | #3,472 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1948 | #2,159 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1947 | #3,960 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1946 | #2,786 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1945 | #2,312 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1944 | #2,120 | 12 | 0.0009% |
| 1943 | #2,110 | 13 | 0.0009% |
| 1942 | #1,905 | 15 | 0.0011% |
| 1941 | #2,258 | 11 | 0.0009% |
| 1940 | #2,026 | 13 | 0.0011% |
| 1939 | #2,522 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1938 | #2,124 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1937 | #1,717 | 17 | 0.0016% |
| 1936 | #1,919 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1935 | #2,807 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1934 | #1,968 | 14 | 0.0014% |
| 1933 | #1,735 | 17 | 0.0017% |
| 1932 | #1,615 | 20 | 0.0019% |
| 1931 | #2,551 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1930 | #2,513 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1929 | #1,826 | 18 | 0.0017% |
| 1928 | #3,206 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1927 | #3,608 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1926 | #2,480 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1925 | #1,902 | 18 | 0.0016% |
| 1924 | #2,534 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1923 | #1,834 | 19 | 0.0017% |
| 1922 | #1,788 | 20 | 0.0018% |
| 1921 | #2,102 | 16 | 0.0015% |
| 1920 | #2,083 | 16 | 0.0015% |
| 1919 | #1,595 | 22 | 0.0022% |
| 1918 | #1,785 | 19 | 0.0019% |
| 1917 | #1,349 | 27 | 0.0029% |
| 1916 | #2,622 | 10 | 0.0011% |
| 1915 | #2,017 | 14 | 0.0016% |
| 1914 | #1,722 | 14 | 0.0021% |
| 1913 | #1,620 | 12 | 0.0023% |
| 1912 | #1,804 | 9 | 0.0021% |
| 1911 | #1,453 | 7 | 0.0031% |
| 1910 | #1,490 | 6 | 0.0031% |
| 1895 | #1,159 | 5 | 0.0043% |
| 1891 | #1,027 | 5 | 0.0049% |
| 1883 | #835 | 6 | 0.0057% |
| 1881 | #672 | 8 | 0.0079% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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