Harden
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAR-den
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,512 for boys
Harden is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).
Where does Harden come from?
English: English place-name surname
Is Harden a girl's or a boy's name?
Harden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Harden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,512th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 53,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 107% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Harden, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 81 boys. It first appears in the records in 1893.
Half of all the boys named Harden in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 112 boys in the US were given Harden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,387, up from #3,512 for this spelling alone.
Harden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #3,512 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,175 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,374 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,387 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,121 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,776 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 50 | #999 |
| 1921 | 81 | #733 |
| 1920 | 46 | #1,020 |
| 1919 | 17 | #1,881 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
Names like Harden
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harlan, Warren, Hollis, Arden, Henry, Harlow, Watson, Wilson, Harvey, Hudson, Miller, Leon
Other spellings of Harden
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Harden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harden, updated 20 October 2026.