Hardy

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #2,480in 2025
  • 1 in 31,631boys in 2025
  • +41%last ten years

Most popular in 1890.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

012224318801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Hardy, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880172
1881159
1882229
1883134
1884166
1885139
1886235
188769
1888199
1889226
1890243
1891128
1892164
1893240
1894164
1895153
1896167
1897106
1898187
1899141
1900173
1901141
1902114
1903151
1904109
190560
1906128
1907129
1908181
1909177
1910134
1911133
191277
191388
1914104
191565
191675
191779
191867
191986
1920104
1921137
1922128
1923108
192459
192574
192666
192764
192865
192967
193054
193159
193264
193354
193455
193560
193655
193766
193846
193953
194053
194163
194262
194353
194454
194553
194647
194739
194834
194948
195030
195137
195231
195333
195426
195527
195621
195725
195823
195923
196025
196129
196221
196323
196425
196522
196622
196719
196820
196917
197019
197119
197223
197315
197416
197520
197615
19777
197814
197913
198012
198115
198213
19839
198411
198510
19867
198712
198810
19896
199012
19917
199213
19939
199412
19957
19967
19975
19985
19996
20005
20019
200211
200310
20048
200510
200614
20076
20086
200911
20109
201111
201215
201311
201417
201522
201625
201717
201819
201921
202022
202130
202236
202323
202431
202532

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Hardy isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
54
Rank in 2025
#2,480
How rare
1 in 31,631 boys
Since 1880
5,814

Most popular in 1890, at 243 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 41% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.