Herve
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #9,763
- Peak · boys
- 1921 · 25 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 560since 1911
Herve over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Herve has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
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| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | — | |
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| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #1,731 | 19 |
| 1928 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #1,796 | 19 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #1,745 | 20 |
| 1924 | #2,229 | 14 |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #1,509 | 25 |
| 1920 | #1,885 | 18 |
| 1919 | #1,531 | 23 |
| 1918 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | #1,986 | 15 |
| 1916 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1914 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
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First appearance
1911
The first year at least five boys were named Herve! It came in at #1,740, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1911–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Herve is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Herve in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1921 at #1,509 (25 births)
- Births halved by 1922, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 42,614
- Highest: 1 in 42,614 boys born in 1919 were named Herve (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,368 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,509 in 1921, was only 1 in 44,058 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 28.7% of all boys named Herve (161) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 111 | #1,531 (1919) | #1,891 |
| 1920s | 161 | #1,509 (1921) | #2,118 |
| 1930s | 84 | #2,214 (1933) | #2,729 |
| 1940s | 36 | #2,656 (1941) | #2,839 |
| 1950s | 11 | #3,505 (1955) | #3,725 |
| 1960s | 28 | #3,107 (1968) | #3,320 |
| 1970s | 21 | #4,230 (1970) | #5,113 |
| 1980s | 72 | #2,617 (1980) | #4,698 |
| 1990s | 17 | #6,519 (1991) | #8,029 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 6 | #10,803 (2019) | #10,803 |
| 2020s | 13 | #9,763 (2023) | #10,184 |
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.
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