Harvey
Harvey is ranked 244th among boys in 2024 (1,441 births). Its best rank was 51st, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- #244up 82 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,4410.08% of boys
- Peak year
- 19212,287 births
- Best rank
- #51in 1880
- Since 1880
- 126,529people given the name
The story in the numbers
126,529 boys have been named Harvey in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 2,287 births — 0.21% of all boys recorded that year.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1939, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 135 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 60 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Harvey | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,123 | |
| 1890s | 2,822 | |
| 1900s | 3,104 | |
| 1910s | 13,304 | |
| 1920s | 21,785 | |
| 1930s | 19,906 | |
| 1940s | 20,763 | |
| 1950s | 14,248 | |
| 1960s | 7,783 | |
| 1970s | 3,909 | |
| 1980s | 2,412 | |
| 1990s | 1,654 | |
| 2000s | 1,508 | |
| 2010s | 5,498 | |
| 2020s | 4,710 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Harvey was the 87th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Harvey
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lewispeak 1921
- Dudleypeak 1931
- Howellpeak 1920
- Hughpeak 1916
- Alfordpeak 1930
- Willispeak 1924
- Harmonpeak 1921
- Arthurpeak 1921
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.