Hardy

Boy name

Hardy has been given to 5,831 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1921.

Meaning & origin /ˈhɑːdi/

From Old English *Hearda + īeġ (“island, dry land in a marsh”)API.

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

5,831

Peak year

1921 (151 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▲ +26%

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Hardy.

5,837 babies since 1882

5,858 babies since 1880

5,771 babies since 1880

5,899 babies since 1880

5,909 babies since 1880

5,932 babies since 1884

5,724 babies since 1880

5,724 babies since 1893

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