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Hardy

Pronounced /ˈhɑːdi/

Rank in 2024
#2,568
Born in 2024
52
Peak year
1921 · #503
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 52 boys were named Hardy, about 1 in every 32,987.
  • It peaked in 1921 with 151 babies, ranked #503.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 5,758 boys have been named Hardy since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Hardy per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 1,525 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Silent: 1,185 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,103 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 466 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 301 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 276 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 491 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Old English *Hearda + īeġ (“island, dry land in a marsh”). ==== Proper noun ==== Hardy (historical) A former town in Manchester, England, now absorbed into Chorlton-cum-Hardy. ===== Derived terms ===== Chorlton-cum-Hardy

  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈhɑːdi/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Hardy, CC BY-SA 4.0.