Hervey
Last seen for boys in 2017 at #10,775
- Peak · boys
- 1894 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,125since 1880
Hervey over time
Rank among boys' names. Hervey has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #1,646 | 21 |
| 1946 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | #1,540 | 19 |
| 1935 | #2,029 | 13 |
| 1934 | #1,725 | 17 |
| 1933 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #1,651 | 19 |
| 1931 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1930 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1929 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1928 | #1,413 | 27 |
| 1927 | #1,871 | 18 |
| 1926 | #1,565 | 23 |
| 1925 | #1,583 | 23 |
| 1924 | #1,675 | 22 |
| 1923 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #1,591 | 23 |
| 1921 | #1,412 | 28 |
| 1920 | #1,457 | 26 |
| 1919 | #1,408 | 26 |
| 1918 | #1,286 | 30 |
| 1917 | #1,238 | 30 |
| 1916 | #1,698 | 18 |
| 1915 | #2,070 | 13 |
| 1914 | #1,545 | 16 |
| 1913 | #1,311 | 16 |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #594 | 12 |
| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | #836 | 6 |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #745 | 7 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Hervey was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Hervey
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
- Biggest jump: 441 spots in 1894 (#1,035 → #594)
- Biggest drop: 123 spots in 1886 (#836 → #959)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1894 at #594 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1884–1886
- Highest: 1 in 9,647 boys born in 1894 were named Hervey (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 308,493 boys born in 2017 (0.00%)
- 20.3% of all boys named Hervey (228) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 29 | #745 (1880) | #870 |
| 1890s | 29 | #594 (1894) | #899 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,130 (1903) | #1,130 |
| 1910s | 170 | #1,238 (1917) | #1,525 |
| 1920s | 228 | #1,412 (1921) | #1,612 |
| 1930s | 159 | #1,540 (1936) | #1,813 |
| 1940s | 149 | #1,646 (1947) | #1,919 |
| 1950s | 91 | #2,139 (1955) | #2,807 |
| 1960s | 63 | #2,627 (1966) | #3,422 |
| 1970s | 39 | #3,694 (1973) | #4,709 |
| 1980s | 53 | #3,692 (1982) | #5,143 |
| 1990s | 46 | #4,231 (1991) | #6,996 |
| 2000s | 47 | #6,316 (2000) | #8,642 |
| 2010s | 17 | #10,728 (2013) | #11,196 |
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.
Hervey in 1885
Top boys' names in 1885
More about 1885
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107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 17,967 of them was named Hervey, which outranked 23.8% 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).
Tied with 99 names at #836; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.