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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201914peak #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.

Where Harvey is popular in 1914

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Harvey, so not publishedAKMaine: #87 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 355 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Harvey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Harvey, so not publishedNHWashington: #84 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 400 boysWAIdaho: #75 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 255 boysIDMontana: #65 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 274 boysMTNorth Dakota: #90 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 350 boysNDMinnesota: #56 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 222 boysMNIllinois: #112 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 607 boysILWisconsin: #46 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 169 boysWIMichigan: #99 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 549 boysMINew York: #136 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 1,114 boysNYMassachusetts: #112 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 945 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Harvey, so not publishedRIOregon: #67 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 265 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Harvey, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Harvey, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #87 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 335 boysSDIowa: #75 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 302 boysIAIndiana: #104 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 557 boysINOhio: #98 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 628 boysOHPennsylvania: #96 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 658 boysPANew Jersey: #123 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,002 boysNJConnecticut: #138 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,222 boysCTCalifornia: #92 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 504 boysCAUtah: #62 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 210 boysUTColorado: #114 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 515 boysCONebraska: #58 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 204 boysNEMissouri: #100 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 489 boysMOKentucky: #93 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 493 boysKYWest Virginia: #117 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 618 boysWVVirginia: #67 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 367 boysVAMaryland: #78 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 378 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Harvey, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Harvey, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Harvey, so not publishedNMKansas: #90 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 370 boysKSArkansas: #81 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 359 boysARTennessee: #70 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 381 boysTNNorth Carolina: #55 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 290 boysNCSouth Carolina: #136 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 812 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Harvey, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #92 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 369 boysOKLouisiana: #154 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 732 boysLAMississippi: #85 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 395 boysMSAlabama: #90 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 436 boysALGeorgia: #70 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 323 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Harvey, so not publishedHITexas: #100 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 478 boysTXFlorida: #120 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 638 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wisconsin#46 · 1 in 169
  2. North Carolina#55 · 1 in 290
  3. Minnesota#56 · 1 in 222
  4. Nebraska#58 · 1 in 204
  5. Utah#62 · 1 in 210

Best ever in a state: #27 in Delaware, 1917.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#46781 in 169
North Carolina#55661 in 290
Minnesota#56531 in 222
Nebraska#58351 in 204
Utah#62131 in 210
Montana#65101 in 274
Oregon#67121 in 265
Virginia#67381 in 367
Georgia#70651 in 323
Tennessee#70351 in 381
Idaho#7581 in 255
Iowa#75391 in 302
Maryland#78201 in 378
Arkansas#81281 in 359
Washington#84131 in 400
Mississippi#85321 in 395
Maine#87111 in 355
South Dakota#87101 in 335
Alabama#90361 in 436
Kansas#90231 in 370
North Dakota#90111 in 350
California#92261 in 504
Oklahoma#92291 in 369
Kentucky#93271 in 493
Pennsylvania#96851 in 658
Ohio#98451 in 628
Michigan#99281 in 549
Missouri#100351 in 489
Texas#100611 in 478
Indiana#104261 in 557
Illinois#112581 in 607
Massachusetts#112251 in 945
Colorado#11481 in 515
West Virginia#117131 in 618
Florida#120101 in 638
New Jersey#123181 in 1,002
New York#136571 in 1,114
South Carolina#136161 in 812
Connecticut#13871 in 1,222
Louisiana#154151 in 732
Alaska———
Arizona———
Delaware———
District of Columbia———
Hawaii———
Nevada———
New Hampshire———
New Mexico———
Rhode Island———
Vermont———
Wyoming———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1914

girls
#2,876
7 births · 1 in 108,797 girls
boys
#95
1,250 births · 1 in 524 boys

Top girls' names in 1914

  1. #1Mary45,346
  2. #2Helen23,221
  3. #3Dorothy18,782
  4. #4Margaret17,763
  5. #5Ruth15,839
  6. #6Anna11,865
  7. #7Mildred11,649
  8. #8Elizabeth11,367
  9. #9Frances9,677
  10. #10Marie8,829
  11. #2,876Harvey7

Top boys' names in 1914

  1. #1John37,947
  2. #2William29,753
  3. #3James26,262
  4. #4Robert21,188
  5. #5Joseph18,829
  6. #6George17,602
  7. #7Charles16,937
  8. #8Edward12,319
  9. #9Frank12,002
  10. #10Walter8,962
  11. #95Harvey1,250
More about 1914

girls

761,581 girls got a published name in 1914; 1 in 108,797 of them was named Harvey, which outranked 31.6% of the 4,206 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harvey
  1. #2,638Xenia8
  2. #2,638Ysabel8
  3. #2,638Yukiko8
  4. #2,876Harvey7
  5. #2,876Adelma7
  6. #2,876Adine7
  7. #2,876Adna7
  8. #3,188Adamae6
  9. #3,188Addis6
  10. #3,188Adlena6

Tied with 311 names at #2,876; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. ↑ 589Rilla#1,358 → #769
  2. ↑ 587Venita#1,465 → #878
  3. ↑ 509Orene#1,465 → #956
  4. ↑ 486Vonnie#1,405 → #919
  5. ↑ 463Kathlyn#1,020 → #557
Fallers
  1. ↓ 837Christena#981 → #1,818
  2. ↓ 642Tiny#961 → #1,603
  3. ↓ 504Dominga#881 → #1,385
  4. ↓ 504Florrie#881 → #1,385
  5. ↓ 419Veola#925 → #1,344

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

boys

654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 524 of them was named Harvey, which outranked 97.5% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harvey
  1. #92Willard1,302
  2. #93Claude1,284
  3. #94Maurice1,256
  4. #95Harvey1,250
  5. #96Wilbur1,248
  6. #97Arnold1,174
  7. #98Alexander1,169
Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. ↑ 817Gilmore#1,803 → #986
  2. ↑ 647Santos#1,580 → #933
  3. ↑ 546Lorenza#1,365 → #819
  4. ↑ 534Bobby#1,441 → #907
  5. ↑ 534Gino#1,441 → #907
Fallers
  1. ↓ 918Bernardo#950 → #1,868
  2. ↓ 692Eston#995 → #1,687
  3. ↓ 692Rolf#995 → #1,687
  4. ↓ 613Orson#995 → #1,608
  5. ↓ 458West#930 → #1,388

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

See the top 100 for 1914 →