Harding — #7773 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Harding

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,118 babies named Harding between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Harding currently holds the #7773 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 235 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Harding performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 695 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Harding shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 65 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Harding in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Harding 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 1,118 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.