Meaning not yet researched.
Harvey: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,381 in 2025. Its best rank was #51 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #51 in 1880; #251 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Harvey in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#251 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #51.
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Harvey: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,381 boys in 2025. Peak: #51 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 2,287 (1921).
In 2025, 1,381 US boys were named Harvey, making it the 251st most common boys’ name of the year, down 6 places from #245 in 2024. That is 65 fewer than the 1,446 boys named Harvey in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #51, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,287, in 1921. For comparison, it was #439 in 2015 and #147 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Harvey in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 344 babies with the name. In all, 128,792 US babies have been given the name, 0.7% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 21,966 babies named Harvey.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 9,189 US boys were named Harvey; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 1,446. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,237 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Harvey ranked highest in Vermont in 2025, at #59 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 7 states (counting DC). Rarer spellings such as Harvie, Harvy and Harvi are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Harvie (1,764), Harvy (973), Harvi (44), Harvee (26).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Harvey in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 6 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 8 | #59 | — |
| Minnesota | 88 | #63 | #195 |
| North Dakota | 14 | #79 | — |
| Utah | 58 | #86 | #180 |
| Idaho | 26 | #92 | #357 |
| Wisconsin | 64 | #92 | #210 |
| South Dakota | 13 | #99 | — |
| Nebraska | 21 | #126 | #333 |
| Iowa | 30 | #138 | #432 |
| Maine | 9 | #143 | — |
| Alaska | 6 | #152 | — |
| Michigan | 65 | #156 | #514 |
| Oregon | 24 | #174 | #296 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | #175 | — |
| Indiana | 44 | #194 | #378 |
| Montana | 6 | #210 | #260 |
| Washington | 37 | #214 | #283 |
| Missouri | 33 | #217 | #354 |
| Ohio | 59 | #222 | #392 |
| Delaware | 5 | #222 | — |
| Kentucky | 25 | #226 | #560 |
| Colorado | 28 | #233 | #492 |
| Arizona | 33 | #245 | #412 |
| North Carolina | 49 | #256 | #427 |
| Arkansas | 14 | #257 | — |
| Tennessee | 35 | #258 | #646 |
| Pennsylvania | 43 | #274 | #363 |
| South Carolina | 20 | #280 | — |
| Kansas | 13 | #282 | #484 |
| Oklahoma | 16 | #302 | #538 |
| Connecticut | 10 | #305 | — |
| Alabama | 18 | #306 | #648 |
| Massachusetts | 18 | #314 | #578 |
| Illinois | 34 | #319 | #502 |
| Virginia | 26 | #320 | #478 |
| California | 109 | #332 | #389 |
| Maryland | 15 | #352 | #826 |
| Florida | 52 | #374 | #541 |
| Texas | 98 | #378 | #559 |
| Louisiana | 13 | #381 | #866 |
| New York | 44 | #393 | #430 |
| Nevada | 7 | #408 | — |
| Mississippi | 7 | #442 | — |
| Georgia | 17 | #603 | #752 |
| New Jersey | 7 | #862 | #744 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,196 | 1,381 | #251 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,066 | 1,446 | #245 |
| 2023 | 26 | #5,045 | 1,028 | #326 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,548 | 797 | #402 |
| 2021 | 20 | #6,033 | 733 | #421 |
| 2020 | 16 | #7,036 | 714 | #416 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,784 | 773 | #404 |
| 2018 | 10 | #10,079 | 683 | #443 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,373 | 856 | #383 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,574 | 778 | #412 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,250 | 697 | #439 |
| 2014 | 5 | #17,493 | 578 | #487 |
| 2013 | 5 | #17,534 | 406 | #614 |
| 2012 | — | — | 288 | #787 |
| 2011 | — | — | 251 | #849 |
| 2010 | — | — | 189 | #1,027 |
| 2009 | — | — | 181 | #1,050 |
| 2008 | — | — | 145 | #1,214 |
| 2007 | — | — | 153 | #1,160 |
| 2006 | — | — | 143 | #1,180 |
| 2005 | — | — | 162 | #1,035 |
| 2004 | — | — | 156 | #1,045 |
| 2003 | — | — | 139 | #1,104 |
| 2002 | — | — | 139 | #1,080 |
| 2001 | — | — | 134 | #1,076 |
| 2000 | — | — | 162 | #940 |
| 1999 | — | — | 143 | #990 |
| 1998 | — | — | 139 | #991 |
| 1997 | — | — | 153 | #903 |
| 1996 | — | — | 143 | #918 |
| 1995 | — | — | 145 | #920 |
| 1994 | — | — | 170 | #813 |
| 1993 | — | — | 180 | #788 |
| 1992 | — | — | 177 | #790 |
| 1991 | — | — | 191 | #737 |
| 1990 | — | — | 214 | #693 |
| 1989 | — | — | 232 | #656 |
| 1988 | — | — | 254 | #579 |
| 1987 | — | — | 216 | #619 |
| 1986 | — | — | 189 | #650 |
| 1985 | — | — | 233 | #576 |
| 1984 | — | — | 206 | #588 |
| 1983 | — | — | 259 | #519 |
| 1982 | — | — | 254 | #538 |
| 1981 | — | — | 285 | #496 |
| 1980 | — | — | 284 | #501 |
| 1979 | — | — | 298 | #479 |
| 1978 | — | — | 320 | #444 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,158 | 318 | #450 |
| 1976 | — | — | 327 | #429 |
| 1975 | — | — | 339 | #424 |
| 1974 | — | — | 425 | #370 |
| 1973 | — | — | 401 | #386 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,797 | 443 | #373 |
| 1971 | — | — | 495 | #363 |
| 1970 | — | — | 542 | #347 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,180 | 577 | #323 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,405 | 630 | #300 |
| 1967 | — | — | 623 | #294 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,930 | 661 | #290 |
| 1965 | — | — | 722 | #278 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,278 | 865 | #262 |
| 1963 | — | — | 888 | #257 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,661 | 858 | #260 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,663 | 957 | #252 |
| 1960 | 11 | #4,002 | 1,003 | #252 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,901 | 1,081 | #245 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,656 | 1,178 | #224 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,435 | 1,278 | #209 |
| 1956 | — | — | 1,379 | #198 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,177 | 1,289 | #200 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,866 | 1,460 | #182 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,753 | 1,535 | #172 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,648 | 1,594 | #165 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,818 | 1,642 | #159 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,127 | 1,811 | #147 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,549 | 1,936 | #142 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,700 | 2,003 | #138 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,547 | 2,208 | #131 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,309 | 2,058 | #125 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,272 | 1,974 | #116 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,554 | 1,951 | #118 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,613 | 2,244 | #111 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,550 | 2,284 | #107 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,736 | 2,017 | #106 |
| 1940 | 14 | #2,236 | 2,088 | #98 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,982 | 1,946 | #102 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,975 | 2,051 | #99 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,239 | 2,081 | #95 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,432 | 1,970 | #97 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,815 | 1,958 | #99 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,866 | 1,934 | #99 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,203 | 1,896 | #97 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,987 | 2,030 | #95 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,246 | 1,978 | #93 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,936 | 2,062 | #92 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,495 | 2,064 | #90 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,233 | 2,186 | #90 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,910 | 2,201 | #94 |
| 1926 | 30 | #1,494 | 2,128 | #90 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,144 | 2,190 | #88 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,832 | 2,242 | #88 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,309 | 2,115 | #91 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,329 | 2,207 | #88 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,201 | 2,287 | #87 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,914 | 2,165 | #87 |
| 1919 | 18 | #2,022 | 2,028 | #85 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,910 | 2,111 | #88 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,474 | 1,808 | #90 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,069 | 1,763 | #92 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,256 | 1,613 | #95 |
| 1914 | 7 | #3,013 | 1,250 | #95 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,402 | 1,028 | #93 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,481 | 875 | #91 |
| 1911 | — | — | 446 | #91 |
| 1910 | — | — | 382 | #89 |
| 1909 | — | — | 361 | #83 |
| 1908 | — | — | 339 | #82 |
| 1907 | — | — | 335 | #77 |
| 1906 | — | — | 351 | #72 |
| 1905 | — | — | 286 | #85 |
| 1904 | — | — | 300 | #79 |
| 1903 | — | — | 293 | #74 |
| 1902 | — | — | 264 | #82 |
| 1901 | — | — | 253 | #76 |
| 1900 | — | — | 322 | #81 |
| 1899 | — | — | 251 | #79 |
| 1898 | — | — | 284 | #74 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,647 | 268 | #72 |
| 1896 | — | — | 292 | #70 |
| 1895 | — | — | 282 | #70 |
| 1894 | — | — | 293 | #67 |
| 1893 | — | — | 284 | #68 |
| 1892 | — | — | 298 | #69 |
| 1891 | — | — | 274 | #65 |
| 1890 | — | — | 296 | #65 |
| 1889 | — | — | 311 | #64 |
| 1888 | — | — | 334 | #62 |
| 1887 | — | — | 262 | #65 |
| 1886 | — | — | 310 | #60 |
| 1885 | — | — | 304 | #59 |
| 1884 | — | — | 358 | #53 |
| 1883 | — | — | 318 | #53 |
| 1882 | — | — | 300 | #61 |
| 1881 | — | — | 282 | #58 |
| 1880 | — | — | 344 | #51 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).