Hardin

Where Hardin comes from

The dictionaries list Hardin as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1811
    Hardin E. Taliaferro born
    American humorist
  2. 1820
    Hardin Richard Runnels born
    American politician
  3. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #745 among boys with 7 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  4. 1883
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Hardin Richard Runnels · American politician, 1820–1873
  • Hardin E. Taliaferro · American humorist, 1811–1875
  • Hardin Cox · American politician and writer, 1928–2013

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.