Boys' name · since 1880
Harve
554 babies named Harve in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1882. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,415 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 554
- born since 1880
- 1880s
- peak decade
Harve is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 554 have been recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harve has been recorded 554 times among boys since 1880, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1880s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 1968.
- #7,415 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 554 born since 1880
- 1880s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harve ranks #7,415 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 554 born since 1880, peaking in the 1880s.
- #7,415 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 554
- born since 1880
- 1880s
- peak decade
Harve's 554 recorded births place it above 83.67% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Harve's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Harve splits its recorded history at 1923: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1898 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1882 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Harve popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1968
- Peak year (1882)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 89 years of records
Harve by decade
1880s is the heaviest window (141 births, 25% of the file).
1880s was Harve's strongest decade.
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Harve births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
141 births
- 1890s
1890s
65 births
- 1900s 13
1900s
13 births
- 1910s
1910s
68 births
- 1920s
1920s
98 births
- 1930s 52
1930s
52 births
- 1940s
1940s
70 births
- 1950s 20
1950s
20 births
- 1960s 27
1960s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1880s at 141 births (25% of all-time use).
How Harve compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Harve's total volume
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What to do with Harve's data
- Harve's decade-level peak was the 1880s (141 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Harve: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1882)
Similar record span (~88 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–1968 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Harve draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.