Unisex name · since 1990
Hady
176 babies named Hady in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,736 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 176
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Hady sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 176 recorded since 1990.
Hady has 176 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2024.
- #13,736 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 176 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hady ranks #13,736 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 176 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,736 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 176
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Hady's 176 recorded births place it above 69.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Michigan.
Hady's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hady's full recorded timeline at 2008, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hady popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2024
- Peak year (2001)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Hady popularity over time - girls
39 total births recorded since 2000 (Hady as girls' name)
Hady by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (89 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Hady's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Hady births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 24
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
89 births
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 89 births (51% of all-time use).
Hady by state
Where Hady concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 5 | 2.8% |
5 of 176 births nationwide.
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What to do with Hady's data
- Hady's decade-level peak was the 2000s (89 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Michigan records the most Hadys (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Michigan names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hady: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hady draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.