Hervey

Boy · recorded 1880–2017

  • 2017last recorded
  • 1894best year

Most popular in 1894.

Last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

05210418801914194919832017

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 97 recorded years as a table
Hervey, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188063
188253
188444
188556
188645
189241
189345
1894104
189659
190342
191031
191131
191219
191331
191424
191515
191620
191732
191830
191927
192024
192125
192221
192316
192419
192521
192621
192716
192824
192920
193017
193112
193218
193314
193416
193512
193618
193716
193813
193914
194015
194114
19429
194311
194410
19457
19469
194711
19488
19498
19504
19514
19527
19535
19542
19557
19564
19574
19584
19594
19604
19612
19623
19635
19643
19654
19666
19673
19683
19723
19735
19754
19763
19775
19793
19803
19813
19826
19853
19865
19874
19894
19916
19934
19944
19964
19973
19984
20005
20024
20034
20062
20074
20084
20133
20153
20173

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Hervey isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2017
6
Rank in 2017
#10,775
How rare
1 in 308,492 boys
Since 1880
1,125

Hervey was last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1894, at 104 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Hervey doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.