Hardy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAR-dee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,480 for boys
Hardy is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “bold, brave”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 2,480th for boys in the US (54 babies).
What does Hardy mean?
English: English surname, from Old French hardi, bold
“bold, brave”
Thomas Hardy, author of Tess of the d'Urbervilles, is the best-known bearer of the surname.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Hardy a girl's or a boy's name?
Hardy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 54 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hardy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Hardy, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 18 boys.
2025 had more boys named Hardy than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Hardy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Hardy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,479 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,493 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
How popular is Hardy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,480among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 54about 1 in 32,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 54 boys in the US were named Hardy, making it the 2,480th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,024th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 151 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hardy in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1968, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hardy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #2,480 |
| 2024 | 53 | #2,527 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,115 |
| 2022 | 63 | #2,268 |
| 2021 | 52 | #2,522 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,024 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,140 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,237 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 48 | #2,586 |
| 2015 | 43 | #2,765 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 28 | #3,600 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,024 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,741 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,689 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,206 |
| 1981 | 26 | #2,037 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,998 |
| 1975 | 32 | #1,592 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,832 |
| 1973 | 24 | #1,817 |
| 1972 | 37 | #1,391 |
| 1971 | 33 | #1,494 |
| 1970 | 36 | #1,395 |
| 1969 | 31 | #1,440 |
| 1968 | 34 | #1,314 |
| 1967 | 33 | #1,311 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,193 |
| 1965 | 40 | #1,206 |
| 1964 | 50 | #1,070 |
| 1963 | 47 | #1,120 |
| 1962 | 43 | #1,186 |
| 1961 | 62 | #979 |
| 1960 | 53 | #1,057 |
| 1959 | 49 | #1,100 |
| 1958 | 49 | #1,090 |
| 1957 | 53 | #1,040 |
| 1956 | 45 | #1,128 |
| 1955 | 55 | #1,010 |
| 1954 | 54 | #1,019 |
| 1953 | 65 | #888 |
| 1952 | 60 | #914 |
| 1951 | 70 | #837 |
| 1950 | 54 | #933 |
| 1949 | 86 | #741 |
| 1948 | 59 | #890 |
| 1947 | 72 | #814 |
| 1946 | 77 | #753 |
| 1945 | 71 | #728 |
| 1944 | 73 | #729 |
| 1943 | 75 | #746 |
| 1942 | 85 | #699 |
| 1941 | 77 | #702 |
| 1940 | 62 | #788 |
| 1939 | 59 | #794 |
| 1938 | 51 | #869 |
| 1937 | 70 | #722 |
| 1936 | 57 | #811 |
| 1935 | 63 | #778 |
| 1934 | 57 | #828 |
| 1933 | 54 | #843 |
| 1932 | 67 | #769 |
| 1931 | 61 | #800 |
| 1930 | 59 | #855 |
| 1929 | 72 | #742 |
| 1928 | 72 | #763 |
| 1927 | 72 | #774 |
| 1926 | 73 | #749 |
| 1925 | 83 | #710 |
| 1924 | 67 | #823 |
| 1923 | 118 | #575 |
| 1922 | 139 | #530 |
| 1921 | 151 | #502 |
| 1920 | 111 | #592 |
| 1919 | 84 | #677 |
| 1918 | 68 | #789 |
| 1917 | 73 | #713 |
| 1916 | 67 | #744 |
| 1915 | 55 | #823 |
| 1914 | 68 | #609 |
| 1913 | 45 | #667 |
| 1912 | 33 | #755 |
| 1911 | 30 | #548 |
| 1910 | 26 | #556 |
| 1909 | 29 | #473 |
| 1908 | 28 | #463 |
| 1907 | 19 | #559 |
| 1906 | 17 | #568 |
| 1905 | 8 | #918 |
| 1904 | 14 | #612 |
| 1903 | 18 | #505 |
| 1902 | 14 | #582 |
| 1901 | 15 | #506 |
| 1900 | 26 | #446 |
| 1899 | 15 | #502 |
| 1898 | 23 | #409 |
| 1897 | 12 | #615 |
| 1896 | 20 | #438 |
| 1895 | 18 | #476 |
| 1894 | 19 | #439 |
| 1893 | 27 | #341 |
| 1892 | 20 | #422 |
| 1891 | 13 | #497 |
| 1890 | 27 | #335 |
| 1889 | 25 | #351 |
| 1888 | 24 | #377 |
| 1887 | 7 | #752 |
| 1886 | 26 | #332 |
| 1885 | 15 | #480 |
| 1884 | 19 | #416 |
| 1883 | 14 | #479 |
| 1882 | 26 | #347 |
| 1881 | 16 | #431 |
| 1880 | 19 | #392 |
Names like Hardy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Henry Harry Harley Stanley Harris Chester Arthur Archie Harvey Ollie Otis Leo
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
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, “Hardy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hardy, updated 20 October 2026.