Hardwick — boys' name
21 babies named Hardwick in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Hardwick was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Hardwick in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hardwick
The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Hardwick between 1920 and 1954, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hardwick currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1954. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hardwick performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Hardwick shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hardwick in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hardwick 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 21 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.
Hardwick at a glance
Last recorded 1954Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hardwick popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1920
- Peak year (1920)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1954.
21 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 6 births in a single year.
Hardwick by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 11 births that decade — 52% of Hardwick's all-time total
Hardwick decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Hardwick's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Hardwick by state
Where Hardwick concentrates geographically — total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 10 | 47.6% |
10 of 21 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 47.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 47.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1920–1954 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.