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Harding

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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
Babies named Harding, by year of birthboys
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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

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Harding
1910s70
1920s695
1930s44
1940s130
1950s82
1960s27
1970s6
1980s6
2000s6
2010s28
2020s24

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.

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.