Harding
Harding is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. Its best rank was 391st, in 1920.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1921235 births
- Best rank
- #391in 1920
- Since 1913
- 1,118people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,118 boys have been named Harding in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 235 births.
The name has all but left use: 10 births in 2024, against 235 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1922, and the 1920s alone account for 62%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Harding | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 70 | |
| 1920s | 695 | |
| 1930s | 44 | |
| 1940s | 130 | |
| 1950s | 82 | |
| 1960s | 27 | |
| 1970s | 6 | |
| 1980s | 6 | |
| 2000s | 6 | |
| 2010s | 28 | |
| 2020s | 24 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Harding was the 396th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Harding
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hiroshipeak 1924
- Kiyoshipeak 1923
- Seymourpeak 1924
- Wintonpeak 1920
- Warrenpeak 1921
- Fernandpeak 1923
- Luvernepeak 1924
- Yoshiopeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.