Harvey

#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births · #251 for boys in 2025, 1,381 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1880 · 344 births
Debut · boys
344 births
In top 100 · boys
60 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
127,925
since 1880

Harvey over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #50, 1880boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,11619#2511,381
2024#5,02126#2451,446
2023#4,99926#3261,028
2022#6,46418#402797
2021#5,95520#421733
2020#6,92316#416714
2019#8,59712#403773
2018#9,80610#443683
2017#6,28719#383856
2016#8,39313#412778
2015#11,8358#439697
2014#16,5135#486578
2013#16,5475#614406
2012#786288
2011#849251
2010#1,023189
2009#1,049181
2008#1,211145
2007#1,157153
2006#1,178143
2005#1,035162
2004#1,043156
2003#1,103139
2002#1,079139
2001#1,073134
2000#939162
1999#988143
1998#989139
1997#900153
1996#914143
1995#917145
1994#810170
1993#787180
1992#790177
1991#737191
1990#693214
1989#656232
1988#578254
1987#618216
1986#648189
1985#574233
1984#588206
1983#519259
1982#537254
1981#496285
1980#501284
1979#478298
1978#443320
1977#9,6525#450318
1976#428327
1975#424339
1974#370425
1973#386401
1972#6,5587#373443
1971#363495
1970#347542
1969#5,9747#323577
1968#7,0165#299630
1967#293623
1966#6,5645#290661
1965#278722
1964#6,0096#262865
1963#257888
1962#4,5339#260858
1961#4,5469#252957
1960#3,92011#2521,003
1959#3,82711#2451,081
1958#4,5208#2241,178
1957#6,0865#2091,278
1956#1981,379
1955#4,0699#2001,289
1954#4,6557#1811,460
1953#4,5957#1721,535
1952#4,4837#1651,594
1951#3,7149#1591,642
1950#3,05212#1471,811
1949#5,2445#1421,936
1948#3,5939#1382,003
1947#3,44810#1312,208
1946#3,21710#1252,058
1945#2,23715#1161,974
1944#2,51113#1181,951
1943#2,55813#1112,244
1942#3,4448#1072,284
1941#2,66811#1062,017
1940#2,20314#982,088
1939#1,94717#1021,946
1938#1,94517#992,051
1937#2,19614#952,081
1936#2,38612#961,970
1935#2,73110#991,958
1934#1,83418#991,934
1933#2,16114#971,896
1932#1,95717#952,030
1931#2,20514#931,978
1930#2,84510#922,062
1929#2,43713#902,064
1928#2,19416#902,186
1927#1,88521#942,201
1926#1,48330#902,128
1925#2,11918#882,190
1924#1,81123#882,242
1923#2,26416#912,115
1922#2,29116#882,207
1921#4,0237#872,287
1920#1,88921#872,165
1919#1,98918#852,028
1918#1,88720#882,111
1917#2,42813#901,808
1916#2,02816#921,763
1915#3,1348#951,613
1914#2,8767#951,250
1913#3,1875#931,028
1912#2,3607#91875
1911#91446
1910#88382
1909#83361
1908#82339
1907#77335
1906#72351
1905#85286
1904#79300
1903#74293
1902#82264
1901#75253
1900#81322
1899#79251
1898#73284
1897#1,5555#72268
1896#70292
1895#70282
1894#67293
1893#68284
1892#69298
1891#65274
1890#65296
1889#64311
1888#62334
1887#65262
1886#60310
1885#59304
1884#53358
1883#53318
1882#60300
1881#58282
1880#50344
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Harvey was already there! It came in at #50, and was given to 344 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1991–2010, when fewer than 200 boys a year got the name.

See more about Harvey
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 6 spots since 2024 (#245#251)
  • 165 spots since 2020 (#416#251)
  • 188 spots since 2015 (#439#251)
  • Biggest jump: 174 spots in 2011 (#1,023#849)
  • Biggest drop: 134 spots in 2001 (#939#1,073)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #50 (344 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 114 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 60 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 60 yrs · run 1880–1938
  • Top 1,000: 136 yrs · run 1880–2000
Share of babies · boys
1 in 320
  • Highest: 1 in 320 boys born in 1884 were named Harvey (0.31%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,237 boys born in 2025 (0.08%)
  • Its best rank, #50 in 1880, was only 1 in 321 (0.31%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 17.0% of all boys named Harvey (21,785) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,123#50 (1880)#58
1890s2,822#65 (1890)#70
1900s3,104#72 (1906)#79
1910s13,304#85 (1919)#91
1920s21,785#87 (1921)#89
1930s19,906#92 (1930)#97
1940s20,763#98 (1940)#119
1950s14,247#147 (1950)#190
1960s7,784#252 (1960)#277
1970s3,908#347 (1970)#406
1980s2,412#496 (1981)#572
1990s1,655#693 (1990)#853
2000s1,514#939 (2000)#1,087
2010s5,499#383 (2017)#584
2020s6,099#245 (2024)#344

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.

Harvey in 1935

girls
#2,731
10 births · 1 in 104,858 girls
boys
#99
1,958 births · 1 in 532 boys

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #2,731Harvey10

Top boys' names in 1935

  1. #1Robert56,527
  2. #2James55,005
  3. #3John47,509
  4. #4William40,204
  5. #5Richard33,946
  6. #6Charles29,983
  7. #7Donald29,674
  8. #8George18,564
  9. #9Thomas17,684
  10. #10Joseph17,181
  11. #99Harvey1,958
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 104,858 of them was named Harvey, which outranked 44.2% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harvey
  1. #2,575Zandra11
  2. #2,575Zilla11
  3. #2,575Zulema11
  4. #2,731Harvey10
  5. #2,731Adelfa10
  6. #2,731Adline10
  7. #2,731Agustina10
  8. #2,926Aldean9
  9. #2,926Alena9
  10. #2,926Algia9

Tied with 194 names at #2,731; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. 2,736Norita#3,449#713
  2. 1,073Shelby#1,913#840
  3. 672Darla#1,344#672
  4. 396Shirleyann#1,292#896
  5. 375Loris#1,236#861
Fallers
  1. 545Marcelina#938#1,483
  2. 456Tomasa#925#1,381
  3. 393Glendora#938#1,331
  4. 388Marceline#993#1,381
  5. 358Rheta#526#884

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

boys

1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 532 of them was named Harvey, which outranked 97.6% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harvey
  1. #96Jerome2,008
  2. #97Warren1,994
  3. #98Lewis1,974
  4. #99Harvey1,958
  5. #100Charlie1,926
  6. #101Herman1,920
  7. #102Jackie1,901
Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. 1,371Darwyn#2,121#750
  2. 678Landon#1,608#930
  3. 678Stafford#1,658#980
  4. 666Lance#1,658#992
  5. 492Delwin#1,461#969
Fallers
  1. 534Estel#792#1,326
  2. 493Gustav#897#1,390
  3. 381Florian#845#1,226
  4. 353Laurie#942#1,295
  5. 342Valentin#931#1,273

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

See the top 100 for 1935