Gervais — boys' name
11 babies named Gervais in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Gervais was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Gervais in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gervais
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Gervais between 1926 and 2000, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gervais currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gervais performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Gervais shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gervais 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 11 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.
Gervais at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gervais popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1926
- Peak year (2000)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 75 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
11 total births across 75 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 6 births in a single year.
Gervais by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 6 births that decade — 55% of Gervais's all-time total
Gervais decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Gervais's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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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, 1926–2000 (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.