Gervase — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gervase

The Social Security Administration has registered 197 babies named Gervase between 1915 and 1960, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gervase currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gervase performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Gervase shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gervase in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gervase 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 197 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.