Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Hardy

Gender

Male

Origin

Germanic
Courageous, Strong
German
Daring, strong, bold
Teutonic

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Exotic
  • Surname

Pronunciation

ha(r)-dy

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1921 (rank #502, 151 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2480, 54 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #12237, 7 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202554–
202452–
202339–
2022637
202152–
202038–
201937–
201835–
201732–
201648–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #1370, 18 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2012, 12 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202512
20248
202311
20226
20218
20206
201918
201818
201717
201615

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #5010, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
20223
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20163
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence