Harding

#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births

Peak · boys
1920 · 229 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,123
since 1913

Harding over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Harding has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #391, 1920boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024#7,76510
2023
2022
2021#9,7147
2020#9,5547
2019
2018
2017#12,2465
2016#10,7446
2015#10,6446
2014#12,1085
2013
2012#10,7706
2011
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2007
2006#10,6626
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1993
1992
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1989
1988
1987
1986
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1982#5,6196
1981
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1971#4,3756
1970
1969#3,9356
1968
1967#3,5596
1966
1965#2,61710
1964
1963#4,0485
1962
1961
1960
1959#3,9885
1958#3,2757
1957#2,8229
1956#3,5356
1955#3,5056
1954#3,4526
1953#2,53110
1952#2,8758
1951#2,13513
1950#2,20712
1949#3,0197
1948#1,65620
1947#1,51924
1946#1,81316
1945#1,85214
1944#2,19511
1943#1,91015
1942#1,68218
1941#3,5055
1940
1939
1938#3,5345
1937#3,5185
1936#3,5495
1935#3,6455
1934#3,2776
1933
1932#3,7765
1931#3,7635
1930#3,0228
1929#2,9808
1928#4,1515
1927#2,52311
1926#2,9049
1925#2,58811
1924#1,26333
1923#86062
1922#67492
1921#396235
1920#391229
1919#1,35128
1918#3,0968
1917#2,18813
1916#3,1777
1915#2,8298
1914
1913#2,4966
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Harding! It came in at #2,496, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1914, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Harding
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 4,243 spots since 2024 (#7,765#12,008)
  • 2,454 spots since 2020 (#9,554#12,008)
  • 1,364 spots since 2015 (#10,644#12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 960 spots in 1920 (#1,351#391)
  • Biggest drop: 403 spots in 1924 (#860#1,263)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1920 at #391 (229 births)
  • Births halved by 1922, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1920–1923
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,648
  • Highest: 1 in 4,648 boys born in 1920 were named Harding (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 61.9% of all boys named Harding (695) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s70#1,351 (1919)#2,523
1920s695#391 (1920)#1,873
1930s44#3,022 (1930)#3,511
1940s130#1,519 (1947)#2,128
1950s82#2,135 (1951)#3,033
1960s27#2,617 (1965)#3,540
1970s6#4,375 (1971)#4,375
1980s6#5,619 (1982)#5,619
1990s0
2000s6#10,662 (2006)#10,662
2010s28#10,644 (2015)#11,302
2020s29#7,765 (2024)#9,760

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.

Harding in 1920

boys
#391
229 births · 1 in 4,648 boys

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #391Harding229
More about 1920

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 4,648 of them was named Harding, which outranked 92.2% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harding
  1. #388Lavern236
  2. #389Jackson233
  3. #390Miles231
  4. #391Harding229
  5. #391Milford229
  6. #391Spencer229
  7. #394Norris228
  8. #394Winfred228
  9. #396Harris226

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920