Boy or Girl

Is Hardy a boy or girl name?

Hardy is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 52 boys were named Hardy, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.3% of the 5,775 US babies named Hardy were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
#2,566
Girl rank, 2024
Not ranked
Babies named Hardy since 1880
5,775
Most popular year
1921
151 babies
Babies named Hardy each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Hardy from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Hardy, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s19100%
1890s19400%
1900s18800%
1910s54900%
1920s95850.5%
1930s59850.8%
1940s73700%
1950s55400%
1960s43200%
1970s26800%
1980s19300%
1990s16000%
2000s18000%
2010s31200%
2020s24472.8%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
202452#2,5660–
202339#3,1360–
202263#2,2757#12,716
202152#2,5340–
202038#3,0390–
201937#3,1610–
201835#3,2630–
201732#3,4740–
201648#2,5990–
201543#2,7810–
201432#3,4070–
201320#4,6860–
201228#3,7420–
201120#4,7200–
201017#5,3340–
200922#4,4840–
200813#6,5360–
200713#6,3910–
200628#3,6350–
200520#4,3760–
200415#5,3440–
200320#4,1700–
200222#3,8420–
200117#4,5610–
200010#6,4960–
199912#5,4360–
199810#5,9910–
19979#6,2760–
199614#4,4710–
199513#4,6220–
199423#3,0550–
199317#3,7180–
199225#2,7670–
199114#4,0860–
199023#2,8120–
198913#4,1230–
198819#2,8960–
198723#2,4210–
198613#3,5180–
198519#2,6370–
198420#2,4700–
198316#2,8350–
198223#2,2260–
198126#2,0590–
198021#2,3940–
197922#2,2640–
197823#2,0980–
197712#3,2760–
197624#2,0200–
197532#1,6040–
197425#1,8560–
197324#1,8430–
197237#1,3990–
197133#1,5050–
197036#1,4030–
196931#1,4500–
196834#1,3270–
196733#1,3220–
196639#1,2060–
196540#1,2120–
196450#1,0750–
196347#1,1330–
196243#1,1920–
196162#9840–
196053#1,0620–
195949#1,1060–
195849#1,0980–
195753#1,0440–
195645#1,1340–
195555#1,0180–
195454#1,0230–
195365#8910–
195260#9190–
195170#8410–
195054#9390–
194986#7430–
194859#8950–
194772#8160–
194677#7560–
194571#7300–
194473#7290–
194375#7490–
194285#7000–
194177#7040–
194062#7900–
193959#7960–
193851#8740–
193770#7240–
193657#8130–
193563#7820–
193457#8320–
193354#8450–
193267#7735#4,681
193161#8030–
193059#8610–
192972#7470–
192872#7640–
192772#7765#5,134
192673#7510–
192583#7120–
192467#8270–
1923118#5770–
1922139#5310–
1921151#5030–
1920111#5940–
191984#6800–
191868#7920–
191773#7190–
191667#7480–
191555#8270–
191468#6110–
191345#6740–
191233#7600–
191130#5530–
191026#5600–
190929#4770–
190828#4690–
190719#5690–
190617#5750–
19058#9600–
190414#6270–
190318#5110–
190214#6000–
190115#5170–
190026#4500–
189915#5100–
189823#4110–
189712#6270–
189620#4490–
189518#4810–
189419#4470–
189327#3420–
189220#4300–
189113#5060–
189027#3360–
188925#3540–
188824#3800–
18877#7830–
188626#3340–
188515#4910–
188419#4200–
188314#4880–
188226#3480–
188116#4360–
188019#3960–

Highest rank

As a boy name, Hardy reached #334 in 1886. As a girl name, it reached #4,681 in 1932. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.