Hardin — #1706 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hardin

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,261 babies named Hardin between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hardin currently holds the #1706 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 99 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hardin performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 444 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Hardin shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 60 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Hardin in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hardin 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 1,261 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.