Harden — #4192 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Harden

The Social Security Administration has registered 738 babies named Harden between 1893 and 2024, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Harden currently holds the #4192 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 81 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Harden performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 273 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Harden shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Harden in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Harden in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 738 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.