Harden
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning hare valley; a place name.
Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Harden by the numbers
Harden was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 81 babies in 1921, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Harden. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Haidenheather-covered hill; a modern form of Hayden207 in the US (2017)
- Harlenhare meadow; a form of Harlan22 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hadenheather-covered hill; a modern form of Hayden37 in the US (2017)
- Hardinhare valley; a form of hardin9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Haddenvariant of Haddon, meaning from the heath hill5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Harden, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Wesleywestern meadow3,607 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
- Camdenenclosed valley2,786 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Harden
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