Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Harding

#4,471 most common boys' name of all time · #10,982 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1913–2025

Rank among boys
#4,471
Rank overall
#10,982 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
1,123
Since 2016
40
Peak year
1921 #396
Best rank
#393 1920
Girls Boys peak 235/yr
192019401960198020002020

Harding first appears in 1913. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 5 5 #12,102
2024 — 10 10 #7,815
2021 — 7 7 #9,795
2020 — 7 7 #9,625
2017 — 5 5 #12,363
2016 — 6 6 #10,848
2015 — 6 6 #10,738
2014 — 5 5 #12,236
2012 — 6 6 #10,875
2006 — 6 6 #10,774
1982 — 6 6 #5,760
1971 — 6 6 #4,509
1969 — 6 6 #4,077
1967 — 6 6 #3,722
1965 — 10 10 #2,683
1963 — 5 5 #4,241
1959 — 5 5 #4,192
1958 — 7 7 #3,399
1957 — 9 9 #2,929
1956 — 6 6 #3,677
1955 — 6 6 #3,666
1954 — 6 6 #3,603
1953 — 10 10 #2,629
1952 — 8 8 #3,003
1951 — 13 13 #2,209
1950 — 12 12 #2,292
1949 — 7 7 #3,154
1948 — 20 20 #1,693
1947 — 24 24 #1,544
1946 — 16 16 #1,865
1945 — 14 14 #1,912
1944 — 11 11 #2,268
1943 — 15 15 #1,963
1942 — 18 18 #1,716
1941 — 5 5 #3,738
1938 — 5 5 #3,746
1937 — 5 5 #3,742
1936 — 5 5 #3,770
1935 — 5 5 #3,845
1934 — 6 6 #3,476
1932 — 5 5 #3,985
1931 — 5 5 #3,987
1930 — 8 8 #3,193
1929 — 8 8 #3,140
1928 — 5 5 #4,358
1927 — 11 11 #2,647
1926 — 9 9 #3,046
1925 — 11 11 #2,697
1924 — 33 33 #1,285
1923 — 62 62 #872
1922 — 92 92 #677
1921 — 235 235 #396
1920 — 229 229 #393
1919 — 28 28 #1,384
1918 — 8 8 #3,243
1917 — 13 13 #2,266
1916 — 7 7 #3,350
1915 — 8 8 #2,978
1913 — 6 6 #2,754