Harve

Last seen for boys in 1968 at #4,136

Peak · boys
1883 · 21 births
Debut · boys
17 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
554
since 1880

Harve over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Harve has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201891peak #371, 1883boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1968#4,1365
1967#3,9665
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1963#3,6466
1962
1961#3,6526
1960#4,0385
1959
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1957#3,2577
1956
1955#2,9648
1954
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1951#3,7145
1950
1949#3,2986
1948
1947#2,8628
1946#3,5255
1945#2,5748
1944#2,19511
1943#2,40510
1942#2,5239
1941#2,6568
1940#3,4595
1939#2,8297
1938#2,6468
1937#2,33210
1936
1935#2,24611
1934
1933
1932#3,3616
1931
1930#2,60910
1929#2,45211
1928#3,6976
1927
1926#2,9049
1925#2,31313
1924#2,64111
1923#3,1758
1922#2,14315
1921#2,50212
1920#2,33613
1919#3,1158
1918#2,26013
1917#1,98615
1916#2,38911
1915#2,8298
1914
1913#2,4966
1912#2,0457
1911
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1904
1903#9107
1902
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1900#1,1626
1899
1898#1,1215
1897#58413
1896
1895
1894#7878
1893#9076
1892#59712
1891#52412
1890#6679
1889#62810
1888#44218
1887#54411
1886#8456
1885#7008
1884#48815
1883#37121
1882#37722
1881#48713
1880#42517
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Harve was already there! It came in at #425, and was given to 17 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1895–1896, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Harve
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1968
  • Biggest jump: 301 spots in 1887 (#845#544)
  • Biggest drop: 537 spots in 1898 (#584#1,121)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #371 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1880–1894
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,982
  • Highest: 1 in 4,982 boys born in 1883 were named Harve (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 347,595 boys born in 1968 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1880s
  • 25.5% of all boys named Harve (141) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s141#371 (1883)#531
1890s65#524 (1891)#741
1900s13#910 (1903)#1,036
1910s68#1,986 (1917)#2,446
1920s98#2,143 (1922)#2,685
1930s52#2,246 (1935)#2,671
1940s70#2,195 (1944)#2,833
1950s20#2,964 (1955)#3,312
1960s27#3,646 (1963)#3,888

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Harve in 1891

boys
#524
12 births · 1 in 8,433 boys

Top boys' names in 1891

  1. #1John7,680
  2. #2William6,763
  3. #3James4,516
  4. #4George3,931
  5. #5Charles3,640
  6. #6Frank2,652
  7. #7Joseph2,572
  8. #8Robert2,240
  9. #9Harry2,132
  10. #10Henry2,049
  11. #524Harve12
More about 1891

boys

101,191 boys got a published name in 1891; 1 in 8,433 of them was named Harve, which outranked 53.5% of the 1,127 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harve
  1. #497Rubin13
  2. #497Rush13
  3. #497Verne13
  4. #524Harve12
  5. #524Alois12
  6. #524Basil12
  7. #524Buford12
  8. #564Alf11
  9. #564Angus11
  10. #564Bee11

Tied with 39 names at #524; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. 487Colonel#884#397
  2. 470Mahlon#994#524
  3. 457Hezekiah#884#427
  4. 430Ruby#994#564
  5. 397Essie#994#597
Fallers
  1. 574Pierce#389#963
  2. 505Omar#458#963
  3. 452Benton#511#963
  4. 430Ivory#533#963
  5. 430Pleasant#533#963

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1891