Harding

Popularity Trends

The name Harding is the #6,631 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,108 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 14.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,493 (23.8% percentile) for all time with 1,108 births since 1913.

Harding first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (first recorded for boys in 1913). Birth data for Harding is available in 57 out of the 109 years between 1913 and 2021. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Harding reached its peak popularity in 1920, achieving the 36.3% percentile (ranked #341) with 208 births per million. The name was most common in 1920, with 208 births per million (ranked 36.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Harding".

1913 2021 19132021

Key Statistics

Total Births

1,108

Peak Births

235

Peak Year

1920

First Recorded

1913

Peak Percentile

36.3%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#341

Current Rank

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Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Harding", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Harding.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Harding's popularity from 1916 to 1991 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Harding at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Harding range from Dardanella at 94.4% correlation to Trine at 84.9% correlation, with an average correlation level of 90.7%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Trine with 347 births (88% girls) and the least popular is Volina with 10 births (100% girls).

Harding's share of births peaked at 208 births per million for boys in 1920. It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (1% of peak) in 1959. In 2021, the most recent period with data, the name Harding had 3.7 births per million, 2% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

94.36% (very strong)

93.50% (very strong)

93.49% (very strong)

93.49% (very strong)

93.00% (very strong)

92.02% (very strong)

91.31% (very strong)

90.14% (very strong)

88.35% (very strong)

87.56% (very strong)

86.76% (very strong)

347

84.92% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Harding

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Harding. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 85.4% confident that Harding is pronounced as HAHR-dihng, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HAHR-dihng, at 14.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.

HAHR-dihng

85.4%

HAHR-dihng

14.6%

HAHR-dihng (2 syllables)

85.4% confidence

HH AA1 R D IH0 N G

HAHR-dihng (2 syllables)

Verified

14.6% confidence

HH AA1 R D IH0 NG

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Harding? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Harding. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Harding, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like HH AA1 R D IH0 N G) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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