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.
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 1932
Top girls' names in 1932
Top boys' names in 1932
More about 1932
girls
1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 213,430 of them was named Hardy, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 687 names at #4,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 15,584 of them was named Hardy, which outranked 82.0% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).