Hargis — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hargis

The Social Security Administration has registered 190 babies named Hargis between 1907 and 1965, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hargis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hargis performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Hargis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 100 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hargis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hargis 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 190 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.