Hardy — #2546 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hardy

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,758 babies named Hardy between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hardy currently holds the #2546 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 151 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hardy performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 958 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Hardy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 537 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Hardy in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hardy 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 5,758 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.