Hardin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAR-din
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,108 for boys
Hardin is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “brave; hardy”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 2,108th for boys in the US (69 babies).
What does Hardin mean?
English: English surname, from the Old English name Hearding
“brave; hardy”
Known as the name of Hardin Scott, hero of Anna Todd's After novels and their film adaptations.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Hardin a girl's or a boy's name?
Hardin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 69 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hardin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 667% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Hardin, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd.
2025 had the most boys named Hardin of any year since it first appeared, in 2020.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Hardin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
How popular is Hardin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,108th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 69 about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 226% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 69 boys in the US were named Hardin, making it the 2,108th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,167th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 99 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Hardin than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Hardin in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 112 boys in the US were given Hardin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,387, up from #2,108 for this spelling alone.
Hardin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | #2,108 |
| 2024 | 97 | #1,709 |
| 2023 | 95 | #1,735 |
| 2022 | 89 | #1,815 |
| 2021 | 99 | #1,667 |
| 2020 | 64 | #2,167 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,130 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 14 | #1,946 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,903 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,192 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,502 |
| 1922 | 43 | #1,072 |
| 1921 | 73 | #790 |
| 1920 | 51 | #965 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,530 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,164 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,675 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
| 1880 | 7 | #745 |
Names like Hardin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson, Harris, Henry, Oakley, Leo, Harlow, Otto, Franklin, Arthur, Theo, Harrison, Archie
Other spellings of Hardin
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Hardin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hardin, updated 20 October 2026.