Hardy
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #12,243 · #2,480 for boys in 2025, 54 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 26 births
- Debut · boys
- 19 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,814since 1880
Hardy over time
Rank among boys' names. Hardy has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,480 | 54 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,527 | 53 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,117 | 39 | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #2,269 | 63 |
| 2021 | — | #2,523 | 52 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,025 | 38 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,143 | 37 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,240 | 35 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,440 | 32 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,587 | 48 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,766 | 43 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,371 | 32 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,621 | 20 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,714 | 28 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,659 | 20 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,251 | 17 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,429 | 22 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,393 | 13 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,262 | 13 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,602 | 28 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,326 | 20 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,246 | 15 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,114 | 20 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,794 | 22 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,476 | 17 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,317 | 12 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,396 | 14 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,508 | 13 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,030 | 23 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,661 | 17 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,747 | 25 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,005 | 14 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,695 | 24 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,017 | 13 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,860 | 19 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,400 | 23 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,440 | 13 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,598 | 19 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,437 | 20 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,787 | 16 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,207 | 23 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,038 | 26 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,367 | 21 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,236 | 22 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,068 | 23 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,203 | 12 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,999 | 24 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,593 | 32 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,832 | 25 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,817 | 24 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,391 | 37 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,494 | 33 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,396 | 36 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,440 | 31 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,314 | 34 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,312 | 33 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,194 | 39 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,206 | 40 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,070 | 50 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,121 | 47 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,187 | 43 | |
| 1961 | — | #980 | 62 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,058 | 53 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,101 | 49 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,091 | 49 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,041 | 53 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,129 | 45 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,011 | 55 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,020 | 54 | |
| 1953 | — | #889 | 65 | |
| 1952 | — | #915 | 60 | |
| 1951 | — | #838 | 70 | |
| 1950 | — | #934 | 54 | |
| 1949 | — | #742 | 86 | |
| 1948 | — | #891 | 59 | |
| 1947 | — | #815 | 72 | |
| 1946 | — | #753 | 77 | |
| 1945 | — | #728 | 71 | |
| 1944 | — | #729 | 73 | |
| 1943 | — | #746 | 75 | |
| 1942 | — | #699 | 85 | |
| 1941 | — | #702 | 77 | |
| 1940 | — | #788 | 62 | |
| 1939 | — | #794 | 59 | |
| 1938 | — | #869 | 51 | |
| 1937 | — | #722 | 70 | |
| 1936 | — | #811 | 57 | |
| 1935 | — | #778 | 63 | |
| 1934 | — | #828 | 57 | |
| 1933 | — | #843 | 54 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #769 | 67 |
| 1931 | — | #800 | 61 | |
| 1930 | — | #855 | 59 | |
| 1929 | — | #742 | 72 | |
| 1928 | — | #763 | 72 | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #774 | 72 |
| 1926 | — | #749 | 73 | |
| 1925 | — | #710 | 83 | |
| 1924 | — | #823 | 67 | |
| 1923 | — | #575 | 118 | |
| 1922 | — | #530 | 139 | |
| 1921 | — | #502 | 151 | |
| 1920 | — | #592 | 111 | |
| 1919 | — | #677 | 84 | |
| 1918 | — | #789 | 68 | |
| 1917 | — | #713 | 73 | |
| 1916 | — | #744 | 67 | |
| 1915 | — | #823 | 55 | |
| 1914 | — | #609 | 68 | |
| 1913 | — | #667 | 45 | |
| 1912 | — | #755 | 33 | |
| 1911 | — | #548 | 30 | |
| 1910 | — | #556 | 26 | |
| 1909 | — | #473 | 29 | |
| 1908 | — | #463 | 28 | |
| 1907 | — | #559 | 19 | |
| 1906 | — | #568 | 17 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #612 | 14 | |
| 1903 | — | #505 | 18 | |
| 1902 | — | #583 | 14 | |
| 1901 | — | #506 | 15 | |
| 1900 | — | #446 | 26 | |
| 1899 | — | #502 | 15 | |
| 1898 | — | #409 | 23 | |
| 1897 | — | #615 | 12 | |
| 1896 | — | #438 | 20 | |
| 1895 | — | #476 | 18 | |
| 1894 | — | #439 | 19 | |
| 1893 | — | #341 | 27 | |
| 1892 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1891 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1890 | — | #335 | 27 | |
| 1889 | — | #351 | 25 | |
| 1888 | — | #377 | 24 | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | #332 | 26 | |
| 1885 | — | #480 | 15 | |
| 1884 | — | #416 | 19 | |
| 1883 | — | #479 | 14 | |
| 1882 | — | #347 | 26 | |
| 1881 | — | #431 | 16 | |
| 1880 | — | #392 | 19 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Hardy was already there! It came in at #392, and was given to 19 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Hardy is popular in 1911
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#170 · 1 in 1,119
- Texas#254 · 1 in 1,308
Best ever in a state: #126 in Mississippi, 1922.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #170 | 8 | 1 in 1,119 |
| Texas | #254 | 7 | 1 in 1,308 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Hardy
- 47 spots since 2024 (#2,527 → #2,480)
- 545 spots since 2020 (#3,025 → #2,480)
- 286 spots since 2015 (#2,766 → #2,480)
- Biggest jump: 375 spots in 1888 (#752 → #377)
- Biggest drop: 420 spots in 1887 (#332 → #752)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #332 (26 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 75 yrs · run 1880–1953
- Highest: 1 in 4,112 boys born in 1890 were named Hardy (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 31,631 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #332 in 1886, was only 1 in 4,261 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.5% of all boys named Hardy (958) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 191 | #332 (1886) | #436 |
| 1890s | 194 | #335 (1890) | #447 |
| 1900s | 188 | #446 (1900) | #563 |
| 1910s | 549 | #548 (1911) | #688 |
| 1920s | 958 | #502 (1921) | #676 |
| 1930s | 598 | #722 (1937) | #807 |
| 1940s | 737 | #699 (1942) | #759 |
| 1950s | 554 | #838 (1951) | #997 |
| 1960s | 432 | #980 (1961) | #1,188 |
| 1970s | 268 | #1,391 (1972) | #1,903 |
| 1980s | 193 | #2,038 (1981) | #2,715 |
| 1990s | 161 | #2,695 (1990) | #4,230 |
| 2000s | 180 | #3,602 (2006) | #4,896 |
| 2010s | 312 | #2,587 (2016) | #3,679 |
| 2020s | 299 | #2,269 (2022) | #2,657 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Hardy in 1911
Top boys' names in 1911
More about 1911
boys
225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 7,532 of them was named Hardy, which outranked 72.6% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).