Harvy

Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239

Peak · boys
1885 · 9 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
973
since 1881

Harvy over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Harvy has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #641, 1885boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023#12,2395
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008#11,0376
2007
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2004
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2002
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1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
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1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970#4,2306
1969
1968
1967
1966#3,9485
1965
1964#3,6016
1963#4,0485
1962#4,0335
1961
1960
1959
1958#3,5596
1957#3,5526
1956#3,2167
1955
1954#3,4526
1953
1952
1951
1950#2,43810
1949#3,6905
1948#2,6089
1947#2,49810
1946#2,5349
1945#2,13111
1944#1,73816
1943#1,83316
1942#1,62919
1941#1,82115
1940#1,51920
1939#2,4499
1938#1,81815
1937#1,52820
1936#1,50520
1935#1,22630
1934#1,38624
1933#1,40523
1932#1,28628
1931#1,53821
1930#1,49624
1929#1,31229
1928#1,14738
1927#1,32231
1926#1,21935
1925#1,33230
1924#1,32931
1923#1,14039
1922#1,82719
1921#1,14039
1920#1,64222
1919#1,57622
1918#1,40426
1917#1,81517
1916#1,64619
1915#2,31011
1914#1,54516
1913#1,36515
1912#2,2696
1911
1910#1,3147
1909#1,2776
1908#1,0218
1907#9309
1906
1905#1,2335
1904#1,0646
1903
1902#1,0136
1901
1900#1,1626
1899#8577
1898#1,0026
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891#9635
1890#8846
1889
1888#7558
1887
1886#7587
1885#6419
1884#9715
1883
1882
1881#8665
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Harvy! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Harvy
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 330 spots in 1885 (#971#641)
  • Biggest drop: 305 spots in 1900 (#857#1,162)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1885 at #641 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1884–1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,978
  • Highest: 1 in 11,978 boys born in 1885 were named Harvy (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 32.2% of all boys named Harvy (313) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s34#641 (1885)#798
1890s24#857 (1899)#927
1900s46#930 (1907)#1,100
1910s139#1,314 (1910)#1,694
1920s313#1,140 (1921)#1,341
1930s214#1,226 (1935)#1,564
1940s130#1,519 (1940)#2,200
1950s35#2,438 (1950)#3,243
1960s21#3,601 (1964)#3,908
1970s6#4,230 (1970)#4,230
1980s0
1990s0
2000s6#11,037 (2008)#11,037
2010s0
2020s5#12,239 (2023)#12,239

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.

Harvy in 1885

boys
#641
9 births · 1 in 11,978 boys

Top boys' names in 1885

  1. #1John8,756
  2. #2William8,044
  3. #3James5,175
  4. #4George4,674
  5. #5Charles4,599
  6. #6Frank3,067
  7. #7Joseph2,540
  8. #8Henry2,406
  9. #9Robert2,322
  10. #10Thomas2,266
  11. #641Harvy9
More about 1885

boys

107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 11,978 of them was named Harvy, which outranked 41.6% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harvy
  1. #604West10
  2. #604Worley10
  3. #604Young10
  4. #641Harvy9
  5. #641Alec9
  6. #641Alice9
  7. #641Angelo9
  8. #700Alonza8
  9. #700Alvie8
  10. #700Andres8

Tied with 58 names at #641; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. 426Bryant#848#422
  2. 424Butler#971#547
  3. 424Cyril#971#547
  4. 409Gerhard#848#439
  5. 394Rowland#971#577
Fallers
  1. 520Clarance#416#936
  2. 416Oswald#520#936
  3. 389Doctor#547#936
  4. 366Dexter#570#936
  5. 366Gustaf#570#936

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

See the top 100 for 1885