Ervey — boys' name
226 babies named Ervey in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
23% of everyone ever named Ervey was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Ervey in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ervey
The Social Security Administration has registered 226 babies named Ervey between 1961 and 2021, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ervey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ervey performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ervey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 89 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ervey in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ervey in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 226 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ervey at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ervey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1961
- Peak year (2001)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 61 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
226 total births across 61 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 12 births in a single year.
Ervey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 51 births that decade — 23% of Ervey's all-time total
Ervey decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 48 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Ervey's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Ervey by state
Where Ervey concentrates geographically — total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 89 | 39.4% |
89 of 226 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 39.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 39.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1961–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.