Meaning not yet researched.
Hardy: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 54 in 2025. Its best rank was #334 in 1886.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #334 in 1886; #2,496 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Hardy in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,496 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1886, at #334.
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Hardy: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 54 boys in 2025. Peak: #334 in 1886 · most boys in one year: 151 (1921).
In 2025, 54 US boys were named Hardy, making it the 2,496th most common boys’ name of the year, up 42 places from #2,538 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 53 boys named Hardy in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #334, reached in 1886. The most boys given the name in a single year was 151, in 1921. For comparison, it was #2,784 in 2015 and #939 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Hardy in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 19 babies with the name. In all, 5,831 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 963 babies named Hardy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 451 US boys were named Hardy; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 63. In 2025 that was about 1 in 31,631 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Hardy ranked highest in Florida in 2025, at #1,934 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Hardie and Hardee are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Hardie (644), Hardee (7).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Hardy in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 5 | #1,934 | — |
| Texas | 8 | #1,970 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 54 | #2,496 |
| 2024 | — | — | 53 | #2,538 |
| 2023 | — | — | 39 | #3,139 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,723 | 63 | #2,278 |
| 2021 | — | — | 52 | #2,534 |
| 2020 | — | — | 38 | #3,039 |
| 2019 | — | — | 37 | #3,161 |
| 2018 | — | — | 35 | #3,264 |
| 2017 | — | — | 32 | #3,475 |
| 2016 | — | — | 48 | #2,599 |
| 2015 | — | — | 43 | #2,784 |
| 2014 | — | — | 32 | #3,408 |
| 2013 | — | — | 20 | #4,688 |
| 2012 | — | — | 28 | #3,743 |
| 2011 | — | — | 20 | #4,723 |
| 2010 | — | — | 17 | #5,334 |
| 2009 | — | — | 22 | #4,484 |
| 2008 | — | — | 13 | #6,537 |
| 2007 | — | — | 13 | #6,394 |
| 2006 | — | — | 28 | #3,635 |
| 2005 | — | — | 20 | #4,377 |
| 2004 | — | — | 15 | #5,345 |
| 2003 | — | — | 20 | #4,170 |
| 2002 | — | — | 22 | #3,842 |
| 2001 | — | — | 17 | #4,561 |
| 2000 | — | — | 10 | #6,497 |
| 1999 | — | — | 12 | #5,436 |
| 1998 | — | — | 10 | #5,991 |
| 1997 | — | — | 9 | #6,276 |
| 1996 | — | — | 14 | #4,472 |
| 1995 | — | — | 13 | #4,622 |
| 1994 | — | — | 23 | #3,055 |
| 1993 | — | — | 17 | #3,718 |
| 1992 | — | — | 25 | #2,767 |
| 1991 | — | — | 14 | #4,085 |
| 1990 | — | — | 24 | #2,729 |
| 1989 | — | — | 13 | #4,122 |
| 1988 | — | — | 19 | #2,896 |
| 1987 | — | — | 23 | #2,421 |
| 1986 | — | — | 13 | #3,518 |
| 1985 | — | — | 19 | #2,637 |
| 1984 | — | — | 20 | #2,470 |
| 1983 | — | — | 16 | #2,833 |
| 1982 | — | — | 23 | #2,227 |
| 1981 | — | — | 26 | #2,059 |
| 1980 | — | — | 21 | #2,394 |
| 1979 | — | — | 22 | #2,264 |
| 1978 | — | — | 23 | #2,097 |
| 1977 | — | — | 12 | #3,276 |
| 1976 | — | — | 24 | #2,020 |
| 1975 | — | — | 32 | #1,603 |
| 1974 | — | — | 25 | #1,856 |
| 1973 | — | — | 24 | #1,842 |
| 1972 | — | — | 37 | #1,399 |
| 1971 | — | — | 33 | #1,505 |
| 1970 | — | — | 36 | #1,403 |
| 1969 | — | — | 31 | #1,451 |
| 1968 | — | — | 34 | #1,328 |
| 1967 | — | — | 33 | #1,322 |
| 1966 | — | — | 39 | #1,206 |
| 1965 | — | — | 40 | #1,212 |
| 1964 | — | — | 50 | #1,075 |
| 1963 | — | — | 47 | #1,132 |
| 1962 | — | — | 43 | #1,192 |
| 1961 | — | — | 62 | #984 |
| 1960 | — | — | 53 | #1,062 |
| 1959 | — | — | 49 | #1,106 |
| 1958 | — | — | 49 | #1,098 |
| 1957 | — | — | 53 | #1,044 |
| 1956 | — | — | 45 | #1,134 |
| 1955 | — | — | 55 | #1,018 |
| 1954 | — | — | 54 | #1,022 |
| 1953 | — | — | 65 | #892 |
| 1952 | — | — | 60 | #919 |
| 1951 | — | — | 70 | #841 |
| 1950 | — | — | 54 | #939 |
| 1949 | — | — | 86 | #743 |
| 1948 | — | — | 59 | #895 |
| 1947 | — | — | 72 | #816 |
| 1946 | — | — | 77 | #756 |
| 1945 | — | — | 71 | #730 |
| 1944 | — | — | 73 | #729 |
| 1943 | — | — | 75 | #749 |
| 1942 | — | — | 85 | #700 |
| 1941 | — | — | 77 | #704 |
| 1940 | — | — | 62 | #790 |
| 1939 | — | — | 59 | #796 |
| 1938 | — | — | 51 | #874 |
| 1937 | — | — | 70 | #724 |
| 1936 | — | — | 57 | #813 |
| 1935 | — | — | 63 | #782 |
| 1934 | — | — | 57 | #832 |
| 1933 | — | — | 54 | #845 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,681 | 67 | #773 |
| 1931 | — | — | 61 | #803 |
| 1930 | — | — | 59 | #861 |
| 1929 | — | — | 72 | #747 |
| 1928 | — | — | 72 | #764 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,134 | 72 | #776 |
| 1926 | — | — | 73 | #751 |
| 1925 | — | — | 83 | #712 |
| 1924 | — | — | 67 | #827 |
| 1923 | — | — | 118 | #577 |
| 1922 | — | — | 139 | #531 |
| 1921 | — | — | 151 | #503 |
| 1920 | — | — | 111 | #594 |
| 1919 | — | — | 84 | #680 |
| 1918 | — | — | 68 | #792 |
| 1917 | — | — | 73 | #719 |
| 1916 | — | — | 67 | #748 |
| 1915 | — | — | 55 | #827 |
| 1914 | — | — | 68 | #611 |
| 1913 | — | — | 45 | #674 |
| 1912 | — | — | 33 | #760 |
| 1911 | — | — | 30 | #553 |
| 1910 | — | — | 26 | #560 |
| 1909 | — | — | 29 | #477 |
| 1908 | — | — | 28 | #469 |
| 1907 | — | — | 19 | #569 |
| 1906 | — | — | 17 | #575 |
| 1905 | — | — | 8 | #960 |
| 1904 | — | — | 14 | #627 |
| 1903 | — | — | 18 | #511 |
| 1902 | — | — | 14 | #600 |
| 1901 | — | — | 15 | #517 |
| 1900 | — | — | 26 | #450 |
| 1899 | — | — | 15 | #510 |
| 1898 | — | — | 23 | #411 |
| 1897 | — | — | 12 | #627 |
| 1896 | — | — | 20 | #449 |
| 1895 | — | — | 18 | #481 |
| 1894 | — | — | 19 | #447 |
| 1893 | — | — | 27 | #342 |
| 1892 | — | — | 20 | #430 |
| 1891 | — | — | 13 | #506 |
| 1890 | — | — | 27 | #336 |
| 1889 | — | — | 25 | #354 |
| 1888 | — | — | 24 | #380 |
| 1887 | — | — | 7 | #783 |
| 1886 | — | — | 26 | #334 |
| 1885 | — | — | 15 | #491 |
| 1884 | — | — | 19 | #420 |
| 1883 | — | — | 14 | #488 |
| 1882 | — | — | 26 | #348 |
| 1881 | — | — | 16 | #436 |
| 1880 | — | — | 19 | #396 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).