Hardy is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1921 and has grown less common since.
Hardy is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,496 for boy births in the United States (and #5,369 across all names), given to 54 babies. Hardy first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (151 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | 54 | — | #2,496 |
| 2024 | 53 | 53 | — | #2,538 |
| 2023 | 39 | 39 | — | #3,139 |
| 2022 | 70 | 70 | #12,723 | #2,278 |
| 2021 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,534 |
| 2020 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,039 |
| 2019 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,161 |
| 2018 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,264 |
| 2017 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,475 |
| 2016 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,599 |
| 2015 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,784 |
| 2014 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,408 |
| 2013 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,688 |
| 2012 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,743 |
| 2011 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,723 |
| 2010 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,334 |
| 2009 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,484 |
| 2008 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,537 |
| 2007 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,394 |
| 2006 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,635 |
| 2005 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,377 |
| 2004 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,345 |
| 2003 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,170 |
| 2002 | 22 | 22 | — | #3,842 |
| 2001 | 17 | 17 | — | #4,561 |
| 2000 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,497 |
| 1999 | 12 | 12 | — | #5,436 |
| 1998 | 10 | 10 | — | #5,991 |
| 1997 | 9 | — | — | #6,276 |
| 1996 | 14 | — | — | #4,472 |
| 1995 | 13 | — | — | #4,622 |
| 1994 | 23 | — | — | #3,055 |
| 1993 | 17 | — | — | #3,718 |
| 1992 | 25 | — | — | #2,767 |
| 1991 | 14 | — | — | #4,085 |
| 1990 | 24 | — | — | #2,729 |
| 1989 | 13 | — | — | #4,122 |
| 1988 | 19 | — | — | #2,896 |
| 1987 | 23 | — | — | #2,421 |
| 1986 | 13 | — | — | #3,518 |
| 1985 | 19 | — | — | #2,637 |
| 1984 | 20 | — | — | #2,470 |
| 1983 | 16 | — | — | #2,833 |
| 1982 | 23 | — | — | #2,227 |
| 1981 | 26 | — | — | #2,059 |
| 1980 | 21 | — | — | #2,394 |
| 1979 | 22 | — | — | #2,264 |
| 1978 | 23 | — | — | #2,097 |
| 1977 | 12 | — | — | #3,276 |
| 1976 | 24 | — | — | #2,020 |
| 1975 | 32 | — | — | #1,603 |
| 1974 | 25 | — | — | #1,856 |
| 1973 | 24 | — | — | #1,842 |
| 1972 | 37 | — | — | #1,399 |
| 1971 | 33 | — | — | #1,505 |
| 1970 | 36 | — | — | #1,403 |
| 1969 | 31 | — | — | #1,451 |
| 1968 | 34 | — | — | #1,328 |
| 1967 | 33 | — | — | #1,322 |
| 1966 | 39 | — | — | #1,206 |
| 1965 | 40 | — | — | #1,212 |
| 1964 | 50 | — | — | #1,075 |
| 1963 | 47 | — | — | #1,132 |
| 1962 | 43 | — | — | #1,192 |
| 1961 | 62 | — | — | #984 |
| 1960 | 53 | — | — | #1,062 |
| 1959 | 49 | — | — | #1,106 |
| 1958 | 49 | — | — | #1,098 |
| 1957 | 53 | — | — | #1,044 |
| 1956 | 45 | — | — | #1,134 |
| 1955 | 55 | — | — | #1,018 |
| 1954 | 54 | — | — | #1,022 |
| 1953 | 65 | — | — | #892 |
| 1952 | 60 | — | — | #919 |
| 1951 | 70 | — | — | #841 |
| 1950 | 54 | — | — | #939 |
| 1949 | 86 | — | — | #743 |
| 1948 | 59 | — | — | #895 |
| 1947 | 72 | — | — | #816 |
| 1946 | 77 | — | — | #756 |
| 1945 | 71 | — | — | #730 |
| 1944 | 73 | — | — | #729 |
| 1943 | 75 | — | — | #749 |
| 1942 | 85 | — | — | #700 |
| 1941 | 77 | — | — | #704 |
| 1940 | 62 | — | — | #790 |
| 1939 | 59 | — | — | #796 |
| 1938 | 51 | — | — | #874 |
| 1937 | 70 | — | — | #724 |
| 1936 | 57 | — | — | #813 |
| 1935 | 63 | — | — | #782 |
| 1934 | 57 | — | — | #832 |
| 1933 | 54 | — | — | #845 |
| 1932 | 72 | — | #4,681 | #773 |
| 1931 | 61 | — | — | #803 |
| 1930 | 59 | — | — | #861 |
| 1929 | 72 | — | — | #747 |
| 1928 | 72 | — | — | #764 |
| 1927 | 77 | — | #5,134 | #776 |
| 1926 | 73 | — | — | #751 |
| 1925 | 83 | — | — | #712 |
| 1924 | 67 | — | — | #827 |
| 1923 | 118 | — | — | #577 |
| 1922 | 139 | — | — | #531 |
| 1921 | 151 | — | — | #503 |
| 1920 | 111 | — | — | #594 |
| 1919 | 84 | — | — | #680 |
| 1918 | 68 | — | — | #792 |
| 1917 | 73 | — | — | #719 |
| 1916 | 67 | — | — | #748 |
| 1915 | 55 | — | — | #827 |
| 1914 | 68 | — | — | #611 |
| 1913 | 45 | — | — | #674 |
| 1912 | 33 | — | — | #760 |
| 1911 | 30 | — | — | #553 |
| 1910 | 26 | — | — | #560 |
| 1909 | 29 | — | — | #477 |
| 1908 | 28 | — | — | #469 |
| 1907 | 19 | — | — | #569 |
| 1906 | 17 | — | — | #575 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | — | #960 |
| 1904 | 14 | — | — | #627 |
| 1903 | 18 | — | — | #511 |
| 1902 | 14 | — | — | #600 |
| 1901 | 15 | — | — | #517 |
| 1900 | 26 | — | — | #450 |
| 1899 | 15 | — | — | #510 |
| 1898 | 23 | — | — | #411 |
| 1897 | 12 | — | — | #627 |
| 1896 | 20 | — | — | #449 |
| 1895 | 18 | — | — | #481 |
| 1894 | 19 | — | — | #447 |
| 1893 | 27 | — | — | #342 |
| 1892 | 20 | — | — | #430 |
| 1891 | 13 | — | — | #506 |
| 1890 | 27 | — | — | #336 |
| 1889 | 25 | — | — | #354 |
| 1888 | 24 | — | — | #380 |
| 1887 | 7 | — | — | #783 |
| 1886 | 26 | — | — | #334 |
| 1885 | 15 | — | — | #491 |
| 1884 | 19 | — | — | #420 |
| 1883 | 14 | — | — | #488 |
| 1882 | 26 | — | — | #348 |
| 1881 | 16 | — | — | #436 |
| 1880 | 19 | — | — | #396 |