Harvel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Harvel

The Social Security Administration has registered 302 babies named Harvel between 1912 and 1959, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Harvel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1940, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Harvel performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Harvel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Harvel in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Harvel 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 302 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.